Without a negative PCR test, you will not be able to board on flights to Ecuador

The National COE confirmedó the new v-entry protocolía aérea a Ecuador, where passengers who do not have a negative PCR test will not be ableán board flights.

As part of the measures applied to the growth of reported cases, the Government of Ecuador publishesó a new resolutionón that seeks to tighten controls for passengers traveling in international flights towards the país, but ensuring the continuity of transport toécriminal so fundamental for the economyía.

In this way, the updated protocol 10 January and what to enterá in effect from día miércoles 13 of January of 2021 at 00H00 indicates the following:

1. Every person entering Ecuador must comply with the biosafety measures established by the Ministry of Health Pública (MSP), as they are:
   • Mandatory use of mask.
   • All passengers upon arrival at airports in Ecuador passá by a sensor térmic to allowá identify temperatures above 37.5°C.
   • Frequent hand washing with soap and waterón or alcohol gel of at least 70%.
   • Maintain a distance físyco of 2 meters.
   • Continuous cleaning of surfaces.
   • Avoid participating in meetings of más de 10 people in closed places. In case it is necessary, at the reunionón must be less than 10 people and ensuring ventilationón of the place.
2. Any person who enters Ecuador through any point of entry (aéreo, land and seaíteam) dutyá introduce obligatory a negative RT-PCR test performed up to ten (10) díbefore arrival in Ecuador.
3. Without prejudice of the previous, upon entering the paíonly come trueá randomly an r testáant dogígeno, which will beá taken at entry points toéprisoners, maríthymus and terrestrial. Taking this test will beá by the MSP of Ecuador. In the case that the test ráant dogígeno be positive, the passenger becomes a patient and dutyá carry out mandatory isolation for ten (10) días in the shelters assigned by the MSP for this purpose and comply with the provisions indicated by the health authority. In case the test ráant dogígeno is negative the person should notá carry out mandatory isolation.
4. I don't know how to considerá andún type of exceptional case for passengers entering the countryís. For it, the lídenies áAreas operating towards Ecuador mustán verify at the point of origin that the passenger has a negative RT-PCR test prior to boarding. the airíline that fails to comply with this provisionóto beá sanctioned secún what is established in the legislationócorresponding n.
5. Passengers under fourteen toñto beán exempt from taking a test ráant dogígeno at the entry point.
6. The crew members will beán exempt from undergoing an RT-PCR or antecedent testígeno.
7. 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, and any other related to COVID-19), regardless of the result of the RT-PCR test, to beá evaluated by MSP health personnel at the corresponding entry point and will be carried out.á mandatory r testáant dogígeno.
8. Passengers dutyán fill out and sign, Prior to disembarking, the Passenger Health Affidavit, what a dutyá be delivered to the passenger by the airlineínea, and what to beá presented to the MSP health personnel in the room established for this purpose at the point of entry.
9. For full compliance with these requirements, the Ministry of Transportation and Works Púwar –MTOP, communicateá the same ones at the airílines and shipping companies, emphasizing that every passenger mustá present the result of a negative RT-PCR test prior to boarding, Otherwise it should not beá allow boarding; the Ministry of Tourismá the same with the tourism sectorístic; 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 resolutionóThe complete one is found hereí: