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President Iván Duque explained that the priority will be on Colombian citizens because that is what the plan contemplates. However, he said that the Government has present cases of Venezuelan citizens who have dual nationality.
“These cases are not going to be handled based on nationality, because we are not going to tell people ‘show me your passport’ so that they can enter the program. If they are people who are regularized, have the conditions and have pre-existing pathologies and conditions, that gives the criteria for application, “said the president, in an interview with Blu Radio.
He also made it clear that there will be no vaccine against COVID-19 for Venezuelans who do not have dual nationality. nor are they regularized, among other things, because there could be a “stampede” for all citizens of that country to cross the border and access the dose.
Legal Venezuelan migrants will be vaccinated in Colombia
Based on the president’s statements, Colombia will take into account that 1,717,000 Venezuelans currently live in Colombia. According to Migración Colombia, since commercial air operations were reopened last September, 540,000 people have returned or mobilized in the country and of the 270,000 entry movements to the national territory, 41% were for tourism reasons.
According to the director of Migration Colombia, Juan Francisco Espinosa, despite the thousands of Venezuelans in the country, more than 8,500 have been returned in the middle of the pandemic.
At the end of October 31, of the 1,717,000 Venezuelans reported, only 770,246 were up to date with papers, that is, more than half would not be vaccinated in Colombia, says Blu.
When will vaccination begin in Colombia
Iván Duque also confirmed that from this year the vaccination will begin, by way of tests. The complete plan will begin to work from next February, when the first package of doses arrives in the country.
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