COVID-19 in Peru: Where will people arriving in the country from today, January 4, be quarantined? revtli

Lima, January 4, 2021Updated on 04/01/2021 10:37 am

Last Thursday, December 31, the government presented a supreme decision in which it stipulates that people who enter our country must comply with this mandatory quarantine for 14 days. This applies from Monday, January 4, 2021, to prevent possible infections COVID-19.

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Provide, from January 4, 2021, the mandatory quarantine for a period of 14 calendar days from arrival in the national territory for all Peruvians, foreigners residing in Peru and visiting foreigners entering the national territory by international transport route, regardless of country of origin ”, indicated in the rule.

Where should people arriving in Peru be quarantined?

According to this highest decree, Peruvians, foreigners and visitors they will be quarantined at home, in the Pan American Village or other temporary isolation center, or in an accommodation, after consultation with the health authorities.

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Likewise, the executive has ordered that people entering Peru between January 1 and January 3, 2021, from countries where new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have been identified, such as the United Kingdom and South Africa, be trained. , on the same day of their arrival in Peru, the antigen test to discard Covid-19.

On the other hand, and as a rule, those who come from another destination they will be randomly tested for antigen.

According to the highest decree, those whose result is positive, they are in compulsory isolation for 14 days, the one to be held in the Pan American Village or other temporary isolation center.