Brazil may be sensational in many ways. Brave visitors with a no-fear attitude are now able to fly to Brazil for a holiday with no big restrictions. There are 2.5 million coronavirus cases translating to 2016 per million, and 424 death per million, making it the 13th most dangerous country in the world for the virus.
Brazil reopened to foreign visitors today, as long as they are arriving by air. The hope is to revive its lockdown-devastated tourism industry despite the rapid spread of the new coronavirus in the country.
In a decree published in the government gazette, Brazil extended coronavirus-related bans on foreign travelers arriving by land or sea for another 30 days, but said the four-month-old restrictions “will no longer bar the entry of foreigners arriving by air.”
The move came even as Brazil registered record numbers of daily infections and deaths, bringing the overall figures past 2.5 million and 90,000, respectively.
Brazil closed its air borders to non-residents on March 30, at a time when the virus was ravaging Europe and Asia and just taking hold in South America
Now, Brazil is the country with the second-highest number of infections and deaths in the world, after the United States.
The tourism industry has already lost nearly 122 billion reals ($23.6 billion) because of the pandemic, the National Confederation of Trade in Goods, Services, and Tourism (CNC) estimates.
N'ozuzu, nnukwu akụ na ụba Latin America na-eche nkwekọrịta ndekọ nke 9.1 pasent n'afọ a, dịka International Monetary Fund si kwuo.
Under the measure, Brazil will require foreign visitors staying for 90 days or less to have health insurance covering them in the country before they travel.
Brazil for its part is among the countries whose nationals still face bans on entering the European Union or the United States under coronavirus restrictions.
IHE Ị GA-Ewepụ na edemede a:
- In a decree published in the government gazette, Brazil extended coronavirus-related bans on foreign travelers arriving by land or sea for another 30 days, but said the four-month-old restrictions “will no longer bar the entry of foreigners arriving by air.
- Brazil mechiri ókèala ikuku ya nye ndị na-abụghị ndị bi na Machị 30, n'oge nje a na-emebi Europe na Eshia ma na-ejide naanị na South America.
- Now, Brazil is the country with the second-highest number of infections and deaths in the world, after the United States.
