The virtual plenary of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) formed a majority, this Wednesday afternoon (15), in favor of maintaining the mandatory vaccination passport for all foreign travelers arriving in Brazil. The score is 6-0 at the moment.
Minister Luís Roberto Barroso determined, on December 11, the presentation of the vaccination passport as part of an action proposed by the Rede Sustentabilidade party. The opinion was accompanied by ministers Edson Fachin, Alexandre de Moraes, Luiz Fux, Rosa Weber and Carmen Lúcia.
In the decision, Barroso declares that “in a country like Brazil, where the authorities face difficulties even in monitoring prisoners with electronic ankle bracelets, quarantine must be understood with relative value and applied with extreme caution.”
If the traveler has not been vaccinated, a mandatory five-day quarantine is established, followed by an RT-PCR test to detect the disease after the isolation period. For Barroso, “it is up to the health authorities to regulate the monitoring and consequences of non-compliance with such determinations”.
“Travelers who do not have proof of vaccination, whose application of the last dose or single dose has occurred at least fourteen days before the date of departure, may enter Brazilian territory, provided they agree to perform quarantine in Brazilian territory”, declared.
Only those dispensed for medical reasons or those who come from a country where there is proven no vaccine available or for exceptional humanitarian reasons will be exempt from presenting the vaccine passport.
Reference: CNN Brasil
