Coronavirus: Jorge Iván Ospina criticized the decision not to ask travelers for tests – Cali – Colombia



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The mayor of Cali, Jorge Iván Ospina, expressed his dissatisfaction with the decision of the National Government to allow the entry of travelers from abroad without PCR testing and described it as “a nonsense.

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“Honestly, it is a nonsense and in Colombia this term is nothing more than an inappropriate decision, because this is exposing ourselves. We already see what is happening in Europe, where they are closing their various sectors due to the increase in new cases, “explains Mayor Ospina.

The president of the Caleños considers that with this determination the entry of a new strain of the coronavirus would be possible on a large scale and that new reinfection processes occur in the country.

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The best way to restrict and minimize the risks of a community is to have PCR or immunological tests, which make it possible to know if you have a health passport

“What one must do in processes like this is that every international traveler is biosecure and does not come with the infection, since the covid-19 can be asymptomatic or that the person is in a state of incubation and not feverish. The best way to restrict and minimize the risks of a community is to have PCR or immunological tests, which make it possible to know if you have a health passport, “said Mayor Ospina, who is a doctor by profession.

For Ospina, PCR tests are essential when determining whether a person is infected.

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“To avoid a regrowth in the country we must be exhaustive with the place where the majority of travelers enter, which are the airports. Hence, the decision of the High Government is unfortunate “, Ospina notes.

Against this background, the president of Cali recommended that air transport entrepreneurs activate the technology that already exists so that travelers can undergo tests at a low cost and at the airport itself.

This disagreement also has the mayor of Bogotá, Claudia López, who through Twitter criticized the measure announced by the Minister of Health Fernando Ruiz.

“When the airport was reopened, the Ministry of Health undertook to track down and epidemiological siege of passengers. He never delivered! Now, in addition, it removes the mandatory nature of the PCR, which does require Colombians when they travel. What part of ‘we have to take care of ourselves’ have we not understood? “, Published the Bogota president.

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