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From Aruba.com:

Essential information for travelers to Aruba

Continued from Page 31 ED card as soon as they book their trip to Aruba. sessed.
Once the visitor’s date of travel is submitted, • The mandatory quarantine while test re-
COMPONENT 5: CONSENT TO ARUBA GOVERN- the visitor will be registered to receive email re- sults are assessed will be up to 24 hours. The
MENT MANDATES minder notifications. health department will make every effort to
This will require visitors to consent to comply with • Email notification will be sent 72 hours prior have results in 6-8 hours in order to
the rules and procedures as mandated by the as a reminder to begin completion of all • minimize the visitor’s time in quarantine.
Aruban government. This will include: components of the online ED card process. • All travelers showing documentation indi-
• Acknowledgment and consent that upon A reminder email will also be sent 24 hours cating a negative PCR test result as
arrival and during their stay in Aruba visitors prior to departure. • part of the ED card process will receive a
shall cooperate with any type of COVID-19 • Upon successful completion of the ED card temperature check and health interview
health screening and testing as indicated process, travelers will receive an email con- • by a medical professional upon arrival.
by the public health authorities of Aruba, firmation of approval for travel, which must • If the temperature check and health assess-
including isolation and/or quarantine. be shown either digitally or in printed form ment are clear, no further testing or subse-
• Acknowledgment and consent that in case at check in or upon boarding. quent 24-hour quarantine is needed.
the visitor undergoes diagnostic PCR test- • If the visitor shows COVID-19-related symp-
ing, they shall await their PCR test results in Arrival health procedures in Aruba toms during the airport health screening,
isolation as instructed by the public health All visitors will be required to comply with arrival, the visitor will be taken to a designated
authorities. screening and health procedures as mandated isolation location to await test results. Trav-
• Acknowledgment and consent to follow by the Aruba Airport Authority and the Govern- el companions will proceed to host hotel
any and all instructions imposed by the ment of Aruba. The mandatory requirements or accommodations and will quarantine
public health authorities of Aruba; this in- will include: pending test results.
cludes, but is not limited to, instructions to • All travelers will wear masks while in flight to • If test results are negative, the guest can go
be isolated or quarantined due to exposure Aruba as well as in the Aruba airport. to their host hotel or accommodations. If
to COVID-19. • While masks will not be required in Aruba, test results are positive, the guest will remain
• For details on the procedures for guests we strongly encourage visitors to have their in isolation and their travel companions will
showing a positive COVID-19 test result while masks handy for situations where social dis- be relocated to a designated quarantine
in Aruba, please reference the “Regulations tancing proves difficult. location.
when showing symptoms or testing positive • All travelers not showing documentation • Children 14 and under will not be required
for COVID-19 while in Aruba” section below. indicating a negative PCR test result prior to take the mandatory PCR test upon ar-
Timing: Consent to Aruba Government man- to travel to Aruba as a part of the ED card rival at the Aruba Airport or have a health
dates must be completed within 72 hours and process will receive a PCR test at the Airport screening assessment.
4 hours prior to travel to Aruba. when arriving in Aruba.
• The PCR testing will be followed by a man- Regulations when showing symptoms or a posi-
EMAIL NOTIFICATION & REMINDERS: datory quarantine at the traveler’s booked tive COVID-19 test are available on the website
Visitors are encouraged to begin filling out the accommodations while test results are as- aruba.com. q

Foundation National Park Aruba’s off-road ban based on

environmental impact report

ST. CRUZ — Fundacion Parke Na- tion in rooi systems - Terrigenous
cional Aruba (FPNA) executes sedimentation in the adjacent
her responsibilities as a nature Marine Protected Area (MPA
conservation organization. In do- Arikok) - Unauthorized Road Cre-
ing so, high-impact activities in ation and Road Widening - Co-
FPNA management areas - in- vid-19 park closure’s positive im-
cluding Parke Nacional Arikok pact on Flora and Fauna of Parke
- are monitored and regulated. Nacional Arikok - Presence Pro-
FPNA introduced their new policy tected Fauna & Protected Fauna
with regards to ATV’s, UTV’s and Roadkill - ORD engine oil spill in
SUV’s. They ban ATV’s as of June Parke Nacional - ORD accidents
1st, restrict the number of UTV’s in Parke Nacional Arikok Based
and SUV’s as of June 1st, and ban on these preliminary findings, fur-
UTV’s as of October 31st. ther research is being carried out
for other environmental impacts,
Where necessary - and in accor- and adhering to the precaution-
dance with national legislation ary principle, FPNA has devel-
and FPNA’s articles of association oped a new policy for ORD in
- management measures and ac- Parke Nacional Arikok in order to
tions are taken to safeguard the mitigate the high impact of ORD.
nature under the organization’s This new policy is effective as of
protection and care. Monitoring 1 June 2020 and can be found
and surveying high impact activi- on the FPNA website - www.aru-
ties is a necessary management banationalpark.org - under the
policy. Hence in 2019 and 2020, impacted area, with Conchi re- social and ecological environ- title ‘Policy Document. Managing
FPNA surveyed the impact of off- maining accessible via the main mental damage being caused Nature Conservation and High
road driving (ORD) in Parke Nacio- entrance at San Fuego. Further- by ORD. The impacts recorded Impact Motorized Traffic’ (FPNA,
nal Arikok. In 2019 the entrance of more, surveys carried out in 2019 from 2018 to 2020 were: - Dust Im- May 2020). Source: https://www.
Shete was closed to reduce the and 2020 illustrate the continuing pact on vegetation - Sedimenta- arubanationalpark.org/.q