The Government of Mexico, through the Ministries of the Interior and Foreign Affairs, in addition to the National Institute of Migration, talks began with the authorities U.S about the health precautions Mexican travelers should take when traveling through both areas.
In a statement, the secretariat responsible for Marcelo Ebrard reported that the mechanisms to determine the type of detection are testing for COVID-19 People traveling to the United States must be exported, either by air or land.
The dialogue, he explained, comes after the executive order signed Thursday by that country’s president-to-be, Joe Biden, which defined that travelers wishing to enter the borders must submit a negative PCR test for a maximum of three days. old, in addition to taking a mandatory quarantine of at least seven days.
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The measures applicable from January 26 were taken by the US government in the face of the wave of Covid-19 infections in the country, which has already killed more than 400,000 people.
Therefore, the authorities have initiated a dialogue to analyze these provisions and specify the duration and conditions that Mexican travelers must adhere to.
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“The government of Mexico will keep public opinion, the binational community and various industries informed of the measures being taken,” he said.
Likewise, he said, he reaffirms his commitment to the implementation of policies that will help minimize the impact of the pandemic in both areas, but he believed that these should enable commercial activities for the benefit of the two economies.
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