Paraguay announced on Wednesday the reopening of its main airport, closed since March due to the coronavirus, for a pilot plan of "bubble" flights with Uruguay that would begin to be implemented next week.
Paraguay's Tourism Minister Sofia Montiel said at a press conference that the flights will directly connect Silvio Pettirossi Airport in Luque with Carrasco Airport in Montevideo, and were designed for a "corporate flow" of businesspeople, investors and technicians.
The requirements to enter Paraguay will be a negative COVID-19 test performed 72 hours before the flight and international insurance with coverage for the disease. Passengers must also undergo a quarantine in a health hotel for seven days and take another test when they finish.
Consular authorization and a sworn statement stating the absence of symptoms will also be required, Montiel added.
The president of the National Directorate of Civil Aeronautics, Félix Kanasawa, said that the date of resumption of flights will depend on the logistics of the airlines and that Amaszonas Uruguay had planned to start them on Monday, September 14 with a weekly frequency.
Paraguay closed its borders to human traffic at the end of March in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The country had recorded 24.214 cases and 463 deaths as of Tuesday, according to official figures.
Source: Reuters
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