The Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Luís Roberto Barroso set this Monday (6) a period of 48 hours for the Ministries of the Civil House, Justice, Health and Infrastructure to express their opinion on the requirement of a vaccine passport or mandatory quarantine for travelers in Brazil.
The request responds to an action, presented by the Rede Sustentabilidade party, on November 26, asking Brazil to adopt measures recommended by the Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa).
The four ministries issued Ordinance 658, in force since October 5, which requires, as requirements for entry into the country by air, only a Covid-19 test with a negative or undetectable result, in addition to a declaration committing to take care .
The ordinance that supports the restrictions was published on November 27 in the form of Ordinance 660, which replaces Ordinance 658, of October 5, 2021.
After receiving the information, Minister Barroso will examine the preliminary injunction so that the federal government is forced to adopt the actions that Anvisa recommends to contain the virus.
Anvisa’s recommendations
On the 1st, Anvisa sent a letter to the Civil House requesting the restriction of flights from four more African countries: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia, due to the Ômicron variant of the coronavirus.
In the statement, the agency recommends requesting the complete vaccination certificate for entry into the country, citing that it is “even more necessary given the identification of the omicron variant in national territory and the consequent effort to contain it.”
Anvisa also reiterates that it has asked the Interministerial Committee for more than one to adopt quarantine or self-quarantine for the entry of travelers into Brazil.
According to the agency, if the measures were complied with, they would help “contain the spread of the disease by interrupting the chain of transmission of variants of the virus, as it seeks to avoid the traveler’s contact with other susceptible people.”
In update.
Reference: CNN Brasil
