While in South America is struggling with a new wave of Covid-19 against the original strain of Brazil, in the Dominican Republic arrived between January and February this year, 36,990 visitors from this region by the various airports in the country.
From Brazil, where P.1 emerged as the new variant of Coronavirus and which can be up to twice as transmissible, 3,820 visitors were received in the first two months of the year, according to Aerodom statistics.
Brazil, as of April 10, 2021, had registered 71,832 new cases.
Other nations on alert
The country of origin in which most passengers were received in the first two months of the year was Colombia with 9,791 foreigners. In this South American nation, on April 10, 14,509 new cases of Coronavirus were registered.
From Argentina, which on April 10 had reported 19,419 new cases of the virus, 6,585 passengers were received between January and February this year.
Another country in which Covid is on the rise is Chile, which registered two days ago 8,101 new cases of virus. From this nation, 5,112 foreign visitors arrived in the Dominican Republic in the first two months of 2021.
From Venezuela 5,949 foreigners arrived in this period; from Peru they were 2,165 and from Ecuador the arrival of 1,446 tourists was registered.
When presenting the new cases registered in these countries and the arrival of passengers from South America, it must be remembered that the Dominican Republic is not requiring a mandatory PCR test at airports, but that they are done at random. breath tests.
On April 8, the director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa Etienne, said South America is the most troubling region in Covid-19 infections, as cases are on the rise in almost all of them. the countries.
scheduled flights
Despite PAHO’s warnings, The Americas Airport (AILA) has scheduled seven flights from South America for the week of April 12-25, four from Colombia and three from Venezuela. from Panama, a country where some of South America’s visitors stop, there are 12 flights scheduled.
From April 26 to June 6, 58 flights are scheduled from Colombia and Venezuela and 94 from Panama.
March to general
According to data from the Civil Aviation Board (JAC) in March 2021, 630,941 domestic and foreign passengers were mobilized in the Dominican Republic from different destinations, of which 327,775 were on incoming flights.
This passenger flow was performed on 7,148 commercial flight operations.
The regulatory body indicated that in February 2021 the final figure was 448,633, passengers on a total of 5,827 commercial flights.
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decrease
Europe still has restrictions on its borders and only citizens, residents or people with long-stay visas can fly, so the number of travelers to and from Europe is small.
The one with the highest traffic
The United States continues to occupy this position in the busiest destinations at Dominican airports, with more than 70% total.
Canada
This country continues with its borders closed until the end of April, an important market for Puerto Plata and Samaná.
new measures
Some South American countries have begun to implement other measures to prevent the Covid wave from continuing to spread, including the curfew.