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Colombia Health Ministry Once Again Reinstates PCR Covid-19 Test Mandate for All International Arrivals

Colombia’s on-again, off-again mandate for all international passenger arrivals to pass a PCR test against Covid-19 is – yes indeed – on again. In an April 1 official bulletin from Colombia’s Health Ministry, the Ministry now insists that all airline passengers must have passed a PCR test within 96 hours of boarding an international flight […]
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Update: Covid-19 Resurgence Prompts ‘Pico y Cedula’ Reimposition March 25 to April 5; Booze Ban 5 pm-5 am Daily

Irresponsible behavior including reckless partying and crowding expected during “Semana Santa” in Antioquia specifically and Colombia generally just prompted Medellin and Antioquia to impose “pico y cedula” shopping restrictions starting Thursday, March 25 through Monday, April 5. Acting Antioquia Governor Luis Fernando Suárez Vélez first announced the new restrictions
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Update: Migracion Colombia Awaits Health Ministry Order Overturning PCR Test Mandate for Air Travelers to Colombia

Colombia’s border control agency Migracion Colombia announced March 13 that it’s still awaiting an official order from the Health Ministry that would enable immediate cancellation of the existing Covid-19 PCR test mandate for all international air passenger arrivals to Colombia. Until Migracion Colombia receives that order, arriving passengers still must pass a
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Colombia Reimposes PCR Covid-19 Test Mandate for International Passenger Arrivals

Colombia’s Health Vice-Minister Luis Alexander Moscoso announced today (January 4) that following a Bogota federal court order, all international passengers flying to Colombia must pass a PCR test for Covid-19 infections, effective immediately. Those passengers that haven’t passed a PCR test up-to-96 hours before boarding an international flight to Colombia as of today
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Colombia Won’t Immediately Reinstate PCR Test Mandate for Airline Travelers to Colombia: Health Minister

Colombia’s Health Minister Fernando Ruiz announced December 1 that international air travelers to Colombia won’t have to pass a pre-flight PCR test for Covid-19 — nor spend 14 days in automatic quarantine here — despite a recent Bogota District Court order. “Travelers entering the country will not have to undergo the PCR test for Covid-19 […]