Chile reopens its land borders after a year

Chile is preparing to open its land borders this Sunday after a year with most of the steps closed and after having left behind a peak of infections by covid-19 derived from the ómicron variant.
The country closed all the steps from abroad in April 2021, when it was going through a second wave of coronavirus infections that put the health system on the ropes, opening them at the end of that year partially.
Until now, only a handful of airports and seven land crossings were enabled that allowed the entry and exit of travelers, conditioned on compliance with strict sanitary measures.
The Interior Ministry said in a statement that 22 border points of the 40 that the country has will be open, which “will normalize transit with neighboring countries.”

For months, the complete vaccination scheme was mandatory to enter the country, compliance with extensive preventive quarantines and random testing at airports, but the measures have been relaxed, especially since the arrival of the new Government.
Immunization and a PCR test for foreigners are no longer mandatory, although non-resident tourists could be subjected to a random examination upon arrival in the country and need to fill out a form and have health insurance.
With more than 3.5 million infected and 57,500 total deaths, Chile has kept the pandemic under control for a few weeks, after leaving behind a serious wave due to the omniron variant.

Original source in Spanish

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