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In a new resolution, the Ministry of Health clarified that those who arrive in the country will be able to take this test upon arrival in Colombia. Otherwise, they must be isolated for 14 days.
The Ministry of Health has issued a new resolution (002) clarifying to passengers arriving in Colombia: if they cannot take the PRC test before boarding the flight, they can do so upon arrival in the country. (Read This You Should Know About the World of Vaccines)
“The person who boarded the plane declares that he has no possibility to take the test, he arrives in the country and takes the test, maintaining isolation while the test result arrives. It facilitates the process and allows there to be no problem upon arrival in the country, “said Health Minister Fernando Ruiz.
According to Minsalud, once in Colombia, the passenger must inform the migration officer if he has a negative PCR test, which must have been performed 96 hours before boarding.
If you do not have it, you can choose to do it in Colombia, although you must remain isolated preventively until you receive the result. The costs will be borne by the traveler.
If the traveler does not have the proof and decides not to take it on arrival, he must remain isolated for 14 days and must inform the residence address where he will do so.
The decision of the Ministry of Health was taken from an intense process that began with a decision issued by the 11th administrative orality court of the circuit in Bogota. Following a guardianship action, Judge Giovanni Humberto Legro ordered the Government to request this evidence. The scientific community, for its part, has repeatedly rejected this decision because it has no scientific support.
“We maintain the position that this decision is impossible to comply with, we ask the judge for clarification and, based on this, we have issued the resolution according to which travelers entering Colombia are offered the opportunity to take the test in Colombia,” said Minister Ruiz.