GENERAL INFORMATION ON COVID 19

GENERAL INFORMATION ON COVID 19

General Information on COVID 19

Update of Saturday 24th of September (next update on Saturday 29th of October, 2022). The update will take place once a month unless important information requiring an update

Statistics and news:

Brazil is the second country after the United States to have suffered the most in absolute terms from Covid 19 with 33,67 million people infected and 685,816 dead on September 23 2022. On average day over the last week, the number of infected is 6,415 (-21% over the last 14 days) and deaths of 67 (-5%) with 6,861 infected and 67 deaths in the last 24h. It should be noted that the 7-day daily moving average of contaminations is the lowest since December 29, 2021.

On September 23 181,151,701 people (84.32% of the Total Population and 53.61% of the Vaccinable Population, 3 years old or more) received at least a first vaccination, 170,641,336 (79.43% TP and 36.28% VP) at least a second and 103,808.300 (48.32% TP and 64.17% VP, 18 years old or more) a reinfo33ement dose. A total of 531,201,732 doses were applied to the population.

Covid-related measures for traveling to Brazil:

Since September 12, it is no longer mandatory to have the health pass to come to Brazil. Just a negative PCR test of less than 24 hours is enough. So to come, you have to :

Either the health pass with a complete vaccination cycle
Or a negative PCR test of – 24 hours
Children under 12 can now enter Brazil without any test or pass requirements.

CERTIFICATE

CONCIOUS TOURISM’S CHARTER

The city of Rio de Janeiro with the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism launched in June 2020 a certification program for travel agencies and guides that respect a protocol related to COVID 19 to ensure the health safety of tourists in Brazil.

Good Guide In Rio joined this program and received the “TURISMO CONSCIENTE” certification on June 28 which commits to respecting the following rules:

Use of masks by our guides and drivers when they are in contact with our customers, the latter being encouraged to wear them without obligatory nature except in closed environments (cars and vans, closed rooms, elevators etc …). Customers must have their own face mask.
Respect for barrier gestures.
Respect for social distancing, as far as possible, during guided tours.
Commitment to use hydro-alcoholic gel to clean hands and make gel available to customers.
Complete sanitation of vehicles before each visit.
Health vigilance for guides and drivers with regular PCR tests. Those with symptoms like fever or cough will be quarantined. The guide reserves the right to exclude any visitor showing these symptoms and invite them to return to their hotel in order to protect the group from a risk of possible contamination.
Communicate good health practices to customers and monitor compliance with these practices during visits to places that have specifically set up a health protocol (Christ the Redeemer, Sugar Loaf, Museums, Churches, etc.)