As of June 16, 2022, sending a negative PCR test to enter Nicaragua is not required. Nicaragua officials are replacing it with a complete vaccination scheme against covid-19, which must be presented by travelers, passengers, and crew members at any border posts (air, land, or sea).
The provision is included in the Ministerial Resolution of Health, No. 309-2022, and Resolution 018-2022 of the Nicaraguan Institute of Civil Aeronautics.
The year of vaccine application will not be an impediment and the complete scheme corresponds to two that can be of the same vaccine or combined, and in the case of Sputnik Light and Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen, one dose.
The vaccination card or certificate may be presented physically or digitally, says the Ministry of Health.
The country accepts all vaccines approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) or registered in Nicaragua: Sputnik V, Sputnik Light, Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Covishield, Soberana 02, Abdala, Janssen, Sinopharm, and Coviran.
Those who do not comply with the complete vaccination schedule must present a negative RT-PCR result for covid-19 (nasopharyngeal swab), 72 hours before entering the country.
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