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Colombia Switches from General Quarantine to ‘Health Emergency’ June 1; Ban Continues on All Domestic, International Flights & Inter-City Travel Through June 30

Colombia President Ivan Duque announced May 19 in a nationwide address that Colombia will transition from Covid-19 “general quarantine” to potentially less-severe, city-specific “health emergency” regulations starting June 1 through August 31. Differences between “quarantine” and “health emergency” regulatory limits could prove to be relatively great in areas
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Quarantine to Extend to May 25, but One-Third of Colombians Could Escape it as More Economic Sectors, Rural Areas to Open with New Biosafety Protocols

Some 15 million Colombians could be freed from Coronavirus quarantine this month as a result of new flexibility measures for certain economic sectors as well as for some 800 municipalities that (to date) haven’t had a single case of Covid-19. This “Covid-free-area” exemption potentially would include large areas of rural Antioquia — but not in […]
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Colombia Quarantine Extended to May 11; Manufacturing, Construction OK; No Passenger Flights Through May 30

Colombia President Ivan Duque announced last night (April 20) in a nationwide televised address that the current Coronavirus quarantine that had been set to expire April 27 instead will be extended another two weeks—to May 11. Broader quarantines on vulnerable populations including school-age students and those over 70 will continue through May 30. Aside from […]
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Antioquia’s Central Wholesale Produce Market Here Wins Coronavirus-Controls ‘OK’

The “Central Mayorista” wholesale produce market in the Medellin suburb of Itagüí just got a crucial “OK” grade from Antioquia’s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development Rodolfo Correa Vargas during an April 18 personal inspection to check for Coronavirus prevention. Correa visited the giant Central Produce Market – by far the largest in metro Medellin, […]
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Colombia’s Ban on International Flights to Continue Beyond April 27 Quarantine Deadline

Colombia President Ivan Duque announced April 15 that while the current national Coronavirus quarantine is presumptively set to expire April 27, regular international passenger flights to and from Colombia nevertheless will continue to be banned. Even after April 27 when the current national quarantine ends, “international flights will remain closed for a longer period of
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Colombia Preparing Coronavirus ‘Protocols’ to Enable Return to Work, Production: President

Colombia President Ivan Duque revealed April 13 that his government is now preparing certain regulatory “protocols” that will allow many people currently in Coronavirus quarantine to return to work, many businesses to reopen and the national economy to restart. “We are preparing to beat the Coronavirus, rather than letting the Coronavirus beat us and destroy […]