New requirements and measures for travelers arriving in Ecuador

These are the new requirements and protocols for travelers arriving in Ecuador por vía aéarea on international flights from abroad.

INFORMATIONÓN UPDATED TO 11 OF JANUARY OF 2021:

Without a negative PCR test you will not be able toá boarding flights to Ecuador

The Government of Ecuador has confirmed the entry into force from the 23 from December to 2020 new requirements and protocols for travelers arriving on international flights to Ecuador for all travelers.

These requirements applyán for absolutely all travelers that enter Ecuador by vía aéArea under the following conditions of the resolutionón official of the 23 from December to 2021:

Given the report of a new mutationón of coronavirus by UK authorities, the evidence of an increase in its viral transmission capacityón, and to protect the health and well-being of the populationón of ecuadorian, The government has ordered the following initial measures and that mayán expand as more scientific evidence is foundífica:

1. negative result, mandatory, RT-PCR test, up to ten (10) díace of anticipationón to boarding for the trip to Ecuador, in which case it will not be requiredá mandatory isolation.
2. Without prejudice of the previous, upon entering the país, come trueá randomly the r testáant dogígeno, which will beá taken at entry points toéprisoners and seaígreat. This test will beá by the Ministry of Health Pública.
3. In the exceptional case that a passenger does not comply with the provisions of boarding with a negative RT-PCR test and arrives at the port of entry, theá the r testáant dogígeno. If the test ráant dogígeno is positive the passenger enterá in mandatory isolation for ten (10) días counted from the date of sample collection. Residents in Ecuador willán in the directionón that they declare upon entry; and, in the case of passengers who do not reside in Ecuador and do not have an addressón to declare effectán isolation in any of the accommodations regulated by the Ministries of Tourism and Government. accommodation costs, feedón and transport beán covered for each passenger. In the case of having a negative result of the r testáant dogígeno dutyán carry out mandatory isolation for five (5) días, as long as they do not present symptomsía.
4. The aforementioned tests beán exempted for passengers under fourteen toños and crewón of airplanes.
5. In the event that a passenger upon arrival in Ecuador presents sísymptoms related to COVID-19 (raise térhyme, tos, general discomfort, péloss of smell, pétaste of taste, etc.), regardless of the result of the RT-PCR test and the r testáant dogígeno, to beá evaluated by the MSP health personnel in the corresponding airport room and proceedá upon transfer to the health unitás nearby to complete the evaluationón clínica.
6. Passengers dutyán fill out and sign, prior to disembarkation, the Passenger Health Declaration, what to beá delivered to the MSP health personnel in the room established for this purpose at the airport of arrival.
7. All passengers upon arrival at airports in Ecuador passá by a sensor térmic to allowá identify temperatures above 37.5°C.
8. For full compliance with these requirements, the Ministry of Transportation and Works Púwar – MTOP, communicateá the same ones at the airílines and shipping companies; the Ministry of Tourismá the same with tourism agencies; and, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility communicateá to diploma missionsáEcuadorian authorities and consular offices abroad, and diploma missionsáticas and foreign consular offices in the countryís.

The resolutionóYou can read it officially hereí: https://www.gestionderiesgos.gob.ec/