Uruguay eases COVID-19-related entry protocol as of March 3.

[TejanoExpat]

Just discovered this, looks like proof of insurance is now the only Covid requirement for foreigners:

Uruguay: Authorities ease COVID-19-related entry protocol of March 3 /update 34

Uruguay eases COVID-19-related entry protocol as of March 3.

crisis24.garda.com

Requisitos para el ingreso a Uruguay de personas nacionales o extranjeras

De acuerdo a lo establecido en Decreto N° 55/023 emitido con fecha 16 de febrero 2023, se derogan todas las disposiciones sanitarias que establecen

www.gub.uy

 

[FrankPintor]

Good to know, thanks. Nobody asked us about our health insurance last week, they were more interested in the car insurance, crossing by ferry.

 

[TejanoExpat]

I read a post somewhere last year, the guy flashed his Medicare card and it was accepted by the border guard. Medicare doesn't cover you outside the US (unlike most other national heath insurance programs) but the border guard didn't know that >

 

[Delaluz26]

good to know because last month American Airlines wouldn't even let my mom check in for the flight until she had purchased a special travel insurance, and then when we arrived in Montevideo they literally asked us for nothing!