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The administrative judge of Bogotá responded to the clarifications that the Ministry of Health had requested before requesting the exam again as a requirement to enter the country.
Once the request was analyzed, the judicial official signed a prior decision that established the mandatory nature of the test for all international travelers.
According to the ruling, quoted by Caracol News, that requirement must be maintained until three conditions are met:
– That Colombia have a safe and effective vaccine, and is already being applied to citizens.
– That a control of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, whose contagion figures have risen in recent days.
– Until the termination of the health emergency is decreed, which was recently extended to February 28, 2021.
In other words, for a long time, passengers who want to cross the country’s borders must present a recent PCR test with a negative result to be allowed entry.
Meanwhile, those who have a result that is greater than 48 hours, must comply with the mandatory 14-day quarantine, “in the place of housing accommodation planned in advance.”
The judge clarified that for those who have Upcoming flights, in a period of 96 hours, will be able to enter the country without any inconvenience, but after that time the requirement will be reactivated.
That is, the court order gives the National Government 4 days to establish the necessary mechanisms to guarantee that all people arriving on international flights deliver their negative test for COVID-19.
That was one of the requests made by the Minister of Health, Fernando Ruiz, who demanded to know “in what period of time the order must be fulfilled”, saying that “it is impossible to comply with it immediately” and also asked to be clarified what type of test should be accept, saying that there are several types.
But now, the Government must comply with the order that orders it “Immediate suspension […] of the non-requirement of a negative test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus prior to shipment in the country of origin of the flights, RCN Radio cited.
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