Brazil

15 February 2022

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15 February 2022

Certificate adoption

Brazil government has issued the “Certificado Nacional de Vacinação COVID-19” to verify the vaccinated citizens against COVID-19.

Instrument type

Vaccination based

Certificate name

Certificado Nacional de Vacinação COVID-19

Timeline to launch

Already in use

Certificate details

The document, which is available in Portuguese, English, and Spanish, contains information about:

the vaccinated individual’s registration information (name, date of birth, sex, CPF)
the date and time the certificate was issued
certificate authentication information
details on vaccination doses given (application date, institution responsible for manufacturing or importing the vaccine, name of the vaccine, description of the dose, batch, and health establishment).

Certificate format

Both electronic and paper format with QR Code

Entry protocol

For general measure

Before departure, all travellers must complete the Traveller’s Health Declaration form via this link. *https://formulario.anvisa.gov.br/?_sm_au_=iVV170nsZPf2R0TTJf17vK0T8QQJ4
If travellers are entering to Brazil, they will be required to perform a COVID-19 RT-PCR or antigen test, complete the Traveler’s Health Declaration form, and submit a COVID-19 vaccination certificate prior to departure.
All travellers under the age of 18 traveling to Brazil must have a COVID19 RT PCR test within 72 hours of departure from the first embarkation site, or a COVID19 antigen test within 24 hours of departure from the first embarkation station. To be admitted on the aircraft, the negative COVID19 RT PCR or antigen test result must be given at check-in. The results of the test must be in English, Portuguese, or Spanish.
Travellers transiting the aircraft but not disembarking must also have a COVID-19 RT-PCR certificate.

For vaccinated travellers

At check-in point, vaccinated travellers must provide the printed or electronic proof of vaccination with a vaccine approved by the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA), the World Health Organization, or the authorities of their departure country, and at least 14 days since the last required dose.

For recovered travellers

Travellers who have recovered must provide a COVID19 recovery certificate in English, Portuguese, or Spanish, demonstrating that they are asymptomatic and fit to fly. The trip date must be included on the certificate. They must also have two positive COVID19 RTPCR test findings. The tests must be taken at least 14 days apart, with the second test taking place no more than 72 hours before departure.

For children

Children under the age of 12 who travel with an adult are excluded from providing the results of the COVID19 RTPCR exam or antigen test, provided that all companions have negative/ nonreactive RTPCR or antigen test findings for SARS-CoV 2. This exemption does not applicable to unaccompanied children aged 2 to 12, who must have a negative/ non-reactive RT-PCR or antigen test result for SARS-CoV2.
Children under the age of 2 are free from providing a COVID-19 RT-PCR or antigen test result when traveling to Brazil.

For other measures

These travellers are free from giving proof of vaccination, but they must be quarantined for 14 days upon arrival in the city of their ultimate destination and at the location shown on their Traveler’s Health Declaration (DSV). Furthermore, if they test negative for COVID-19 through an R-TPCR or antigen test on day 5, as long as they are asymptomatic and accept the rules of quarantine on their Traveler’s Health Declaration (DSV), they may be lifted from quarantine.
Here are the abovementioned travellers:
- Children under the age of 12 who are traveling with an adult
- Brazilian citizens and foreign legal residents who leave the country before December 14, 2021
- Travellers having a medical condition that precludes vaccination, as long as it is documented by a medical report
- Travellers who are not eligible for vaccination owing to their age, as determined by the Ministry of Health in the National Plan for the Operationalization of Vaccination Against COVID-19, which is available on the Ministry of Health website.
- Travellers with special permission from the Brazilian government owing to humanitarian concerns
- Travellers from low-vaccination-coverage countries, as stated by the Ministry of Health and available on the Ministry’s website
- Brazilians and foreigners living in Brazil who are not completely vaccinated.

Vaccine authorised to be used in the country

Pfizer Comirnaty
Sputnik V
Janssen
Oxford AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria)
Covishield
Sinopharm
Sinovac

Vaccine accepted for inbound travellers

Vaccine accepted for inbound travellers is the vaccine approved by the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA), the World Health Organization, or the authorities of traveller ‘s departure country: