Travelers infected with coronavirus continue to arrive in Colombia

Migration Colombia confirmed, this Friday, October 30, that at least three passengers from Mexico, Spain and Ecuador were detected with coronavirus and that they knew their condition.

Juan Francisco Espinosa, director of the entity, said that if it were a single case it would be just as serious, so he announced that the investigations will be carried out corresponding to determine the responsibilities and sanctions to passengers and airlines.

Espinosa signed that this behavior was reported to the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation and “the corresponding annotations have been made in the entity’s information exchange systems, with the purpose that the immigration authorities of the other countries know the actions of these travelers and the risk they can represent for the country ”.

According to information provided by Migración Colombia, from September 19 to date, more than 100,000 travelers have arrived in the country, of which 380 have been inadmissible for not meeting the entry requirements.

The head of the entity called on travelers to be responsible to other travelers, members of the airport sector and the country.

Although the number of registered cases is only equivalent to less than 1% of the travelers who have arrived in the country since the government of Iván Duque announced the return of international flights, Espinosa said that “it is inadmissible that a person, knowing that is positive for COVID-19, decide to board a flight and put other passengers and an entire country at risk ”.

Since October 1, when the PCR test was requested for travelers from abroad, 380 travelers have been inadmissible: 34% of them Americans, 16% Venezuelans, 13% Dominicans, 8% Mexican and 3% Peruvians,

Most of the inadmissions have occurred at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, 26% at Rafael Núñez de Cartagena, another 4% at Ernesto Cortissoz de Barranquilla, 3% by José María Córdova de Rionegro and 2% through the Alfonso Bonilla Aragón Airport, in the city of Cali.

On Colombians who are traveling without PCR tests, Espinosa clarified that it is at least 48% of the cases.

The United States renewed its travel recommendations to Colombia this Friday and urged to “reconsider” traveling to this South American country due to the incidence of covid-19.

In a statement, the State Department reported that it had updated the recommendation to travel to Colombia and placed it at level 3, that is, “reconsider travel.”

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 orders to stay at home and has resumed some transportation and business operations,” the Washington government said.

The Colombian authorities reported, this Thursday, October 29, 11,187 new cases of covid-19, the first time in more than two months that the country exceeds 10,000 daily infections, which raised the number of infected to 1,053,122.

On the other hand, the State Department advised “to exercise greater caution in Colombia due to crime, terrorism and kidnappings. Some areas have increased the risk ”. Specifically, the State Department recommended not to travel to Arauca, Cauca, Chocó, Nariño and Norte de Santander, with the exception of Cúcuta, Popayán, Nuquí and Cúcuta, due to “crime and terrorism”.

He also encouraged to “reconsider the trip to various departments in the country due to crime and terrorism”, such as Antioquia outside Medellín, Caquetá, Casanare, César outside Valledupar, Córdoba outside Montería, Guainía, Guaviare, Meta, 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.”

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