Colombia says goodbye to November with fewer cases, 8,430 new infections by COVID-19, and fewer tests

The Ministry of Health reported, this November 30, 8,430 new cases of coronavirus in Colombia. In the last 24 hours, 28,662 PCR tests and a total of 1,343,739 antigens have been processed.

The report also indicates that the death toll is 182. Today, the country reaches a total of 36,766 dead since the virus reached national territory.

Colombia came to 1’316,806 infected of which 66,501 are active cases and 1’210,489 correspond to positive cases that have already overcome the disease.

Regarding the contagion of covid-19 by cities and departments of the country, Bogotá and Antioquia are in the lead, followed by Valle del Cauca, Santander and Cundinamarca, a department that yesterday ranked seventh and today rose to fifth put, showing a notable increase in cases.

There are 1,862 conglomerates in the country. The territories are: Amazonas, Antioquia (Ituango), Arauca, Atlántico, Barranquilla, Bogotá, Boyacá, Bolívar, Buenaventura, Caldas, Caquetá, Cartagena, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, San Andrés, Santa Marta, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle, Vaupés, Vichada, Guaviare and Guainía.

With the arrival of December and the Christmas season, the intentions to travel increase and the desire to be with the family becomes closer. Although domestic and international flights have been reactivated and the transport terminal is open, leaving the city or the country is not as easy as it seems. The best thing is that you take into account the following recommendations so that time, apps and biosafety protocols do not play a trick on you.

International flights:

The countries with open borders for Colombians are: Mexico, Bolivia, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, the United States, Panama, Puerto Rico and Costa Rica. In Europe, currently, there is only a commercial connection with London, England and Istanbul in Turkey, the rest of the countries maintain entry restrictions for Colombian travelers.

To leave the country you will need to register in the CoronaApp application and follow the instructions.

National Travel:

On September 1, commercial flights were enabled and according to Aerocivil, the daily number of travelers increased fivefold to about 40,000 per day. According to the entity, this daily figure shows that, about 35% of the market has been reactivated. At the moment all airports within the country are open.

Land travel:

From the terminals all transport companies are enabled. To travel it is necessary to have purchased the tickets in advance and adhere to all the biosecurity protocols.

For those who travel in their private cars, it is recommended take precautions when driving and only travel with trusted people or relatives.

The Superintendency of Transportation projects that for the month of December about 7.81 million passengers will be transported by road in 1.27 million vehicles, while the estimate for the dates between January 1 to 31 is 9.53 million passengers in 1.52 million vehicles.

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