Brazilian tourist destinations only accept COVID-19-positive tourists Fernando de Noronha Islands.

Brazil is now the second most epidemic country in the world, but the local economy needs to be restarted, so it is very important to develop the economy. Therefore, it recently released a jaw-dropping news that Fernando de Noronha in Brazil is only open to tourists with COVID-19.

Fernando de Noronha, a tourist resort in Brazil, is about to reopen to tourists, but only those who can prove that they have been diagnosed with COVID-19 virus or produced antibodies to COVID-19 virus.

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CNN reported on the 29th that Guilherme Rosa, an official of Pernambuco state government, announced at a news conference on the 27th that if tourists want to board Fernando de Noronha Islands under the state's jurisdiction, they "need to show the proof that COVID-19's nucleic acid test results are positive within at least 20 days, or the serological test results that COVID-19 antibodies have been produced in their bodies". Rosa did not explain the reason for this request.

Fernando de Noronha Islands consists of 265,438+0 volcanic islands. It was closed in mid-March this year due to the COVID-19 epidemic, and reopened to people and researchers living there on July 365, 438+0, and opened to tourists next week.

The archipelago is located in the northeast of Brazil, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, with beautiful environment, clear sea water and various marine life. 1988, the environmental protection department of the Brazilian government listed the archipelago as a national seashore park to protect its original coast and marine ecosystem. 200 1, Fernando de Noronha Islands is listed as a World Natural Heritage by UNESCO.

Only the main island in the archipelago is inhabited, with a population of about 3,000. Last year, the islands received 106 million tourists, 90% of whom were Brazilians.

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