PRESS RELEASE: RESOLUTIONS OF THE NATIONAL COE EFFECTIVE FROM FEBRUARY 3rd THROUGH 8th, 2022
PRESS RELEASE 080
Wednesday, February 2nd 2022
18:30
(Quito, Pichincha). – Ecuadorian Authorities announced new guidelines to enter the country and the maximum capacity in public and private places that will apply from Thursday, February 3 at 00:01 until Tuesday, February 8 at 23:59, in consideration of the evaluation made over the epidemiological situation of the country.
GUIDELINES TO ENTER THE COUNTRY.
The Ministry of Public Health was ordered to update the guidelines for entering the country with the following information:
- All passengers entering the country, over 16 years of age, must present a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination card with at least 14 days of validity after completing the scheme and a negative result of an antigen test or the negative result of a qualitative RT-PCR test in real time carried out up to 72 hours prior to boarding to Ecuador. Crew members are exempt from these requirements.
- For children between 2 and 16 years of age, they must present the negative result of an antigen test or the negative result of a qualitative RT-PCR test in real time performed up to 72 hours prior to departing to Ecuador.
MAXIMUM CAPACITY FOR PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PLACES.
The local Governments of the country were urged to issue the corresponding regulations to comply with public health measures, in accordance with the guidelines of capacity for public and private places, in reference to the color chart of epidemiological risk of COVID-19 determined for each canton, with the following detail:
For more information on the resolution of the National COE the classification of each canton go to: