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The United States renewed its travel recommendations to Colombia on Friday and urged to “reconsider” traveling to this country due to the incidence of covid-19.
In a statement, the State Department reported that it had updated the recommendation for travel to Colombia and placed it at level 3, that is, “reconsider travel”.
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In the note, the Foreign Ministry justified its decision in the travel notice issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Precaution (CDC) of the United States, which has also placed Colombia in category 3 for the pandemic.
“Colombia has lifted its stay-at-home orders and resumed some transportation and business operations“, indicated the Government of Washington.
Colombian authorities reported 11,187 new cases of covid-19 on Thursday, the first time in more than two months that the country exceeded 10,000 daily infections, which brought the number of infected to 1,053,122.
And this Friday the Ministry of Health confirmed 209 more deaths from covid-19. With this update, the total number of deaths in the country rises to 31,135.
‘Exercise greater caution’
On the other hand, the State Department advised “Exercise greater caution in Colombia due to crime, terrorism and kidnappings. Some areas have increased the risk.”
Exercise greater caution in Colombia due to crime, terrorism, and kidnappings. Some areas have increased risk
Specifically, the State Department recommended do not travel to Arauca, Cauca, Chocó, Nariño and Norte de Santander, with the exception of the municipalities of Cúcuta, Popayán and Nuquí, due to “crime and terrorism“.
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He also encouraged “reconsider travel to various departments in the country due to crime and terrorism”, like Antioquia outside of Medellín; Caquetá; Casanare; Cesar out of Valledupar, his capital; Córdoba outside of Montería; Guainia; Guaviare; Goal; Putumayo; Vaupés, and Vichada, among others.
The State Department recalled that “although the Government of Colombia signed a peace agreement with the terrorist group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), some dissident groups refuse to demobilize.”
In this sense, he warned that the National Liberation Army (Eln) “continues to plan possible attacks.” “They can attack without any or little warning targets such as tourist sites, transportation centers, markets, shopping centers, local governments, facilities, hotels, clubs, restaurants, places of worship, parks, major sporting and cultural events, educational institutions, airports and other public areas, “he added.
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EFE
