Ecuador to keep land border with Peru shut to try stop Omicron spread

FILE PHOTO: A Peruvian police stand guard at the Peruvian border with Ecuador, after a new migration law was imposed for all Venezuelan migrants to have valid visas and passports, in Tumbes, Peru, June 15, 2019. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it would keep the country's border with Peru closed in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus' Omicron variant.

Peru announced that as of Dec. 1, it would open its land border for residents and non-residents coming from Ecuador and Chile, complying with the protocols of the country's health authority.