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President Petro’s new decree expands the territorial reach of Nueva EPS, a mixed public-private health insurer under government intervention.

International travelers entering the country may be required to present a yellow fever vaccination certificate. The vaccine must have been administered at least 10 days before entering risk areas

Travelers planning to travel to the Huila and Popayan region southeast of Cali, Colombia are encouraged to talk to their medical provider.

With the Omicron variant rapidly spreading, the Colombian government says proof of vaccination may be either physical or electronic. Those vaccinated outside Colombia may show documentation from wherever the vaccination was received.

Because this vaccine confers immunity in a single dose, this USD 25 million shipment will provide immunity to 2.5 million Colombians. After landing in Bogota, the vaccine shipment will go to the Ministry of Health’s warehouse in El Dorado international airport.

Venezuelan refugees in Colombia may now be protected under Temporary Protected Status, but there are important conditions and limitations. Attorney Humberto Rodriguez explains key provisions of this new measure.

It is important to obtain test results as close to the travel date as possible, because if the test results fall outside of the 96-hour window due to a flight delay, regardless of reason, the traveler may be denied boarding.

The Colombian government decided to immediately suspend the entry of flights & travelers from the United Kingdom,either direct or by connection; and also resolved that inadmissible foreigners must return to the country of origin immediately upon arrival.

In late November, an attorney, Alberto González Mebarack, launched a lawsuit in Bogotá to demand that the Colombian Ministry of Health reimpose the requirement for a negative PCR test on any traveler entering Colombia. After

"We want to inform the country that a new phase begins on September 1, where we change the concept of Mandatory Preventive Isolation, with a significant number of exceptions, to having a concept of Selective Isolation, distancing and individual responsibility," said President...