A member of the Rio de Paz NGO places white handkerchiefs that symbolize farewell, to pay tribute to Brazil’s 600,000 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims, next the National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil October 18, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
December 11, 2021
By Ricardo Brito
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso ruled on Saturday that the country must demand proof of vaccination for visitors seeking to enter the country.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has repeatedly denied requests of state health regulator Anvisa to demand vaccination proof from visitors. [L1N2SS1WN]
But Barroso said in his decision that Brazil needs to avoid supporting what he called “antivaccine tourism.”
The justice said the requirement for proof of vaccination can be waived only when the traveler comes from a country where no vaccines are available or the individual was prevented from vaccination due to health reasons.
The government has delayed for a week a regulation that would require non-vaccinated visitors to quarantine for five days, due to a hacker attack on the Health Ministry on Friday. [L1N2SV1AT]
(Reporting by Ricardo Brito in Brasilia; writing by Tatiana Bautzer; Editing by Dan Grebler)
Source: One America News Network
