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Vaccination card with complete schedule, a requirement that Colombia will impose as of December 14 for the entry of travelers

Until now, airports did not require a vaccination card or negative test to enter the country.

The Government of Colombia announced this Monday that as of December 14, it will require a card or certificate of vaccination against covid-19 with a complete guideline to enter the country from all international travelers of legal age.

“Under the recommendation of the advisory committee of the Ministry of Health, since December 14, all international travelers 18 years of age and older who enter Colombia must present a COVID-19 vaccination card or certificate with a complete schedule,” announced the Colombian president, Iván Duque, in a message on your Twitter account.

Until now, airports did not require a vaccination card or negative test to enter the country, but with the reopening of land borders, such as that of Ecuador, which is scheduled to reopen on December 15, it was already planned to require the certificate vaccination.

In addition, presenting the vaccination card with at least one dose is already mandatory for entry to events, bars, cinemas and other places of leisure, culture and entertainment for people over 12 years old.

The president highlighted this Monday in an act the importance that “today Colombia has a higher first dose vaccination rate than that of the United States and Germany, without being a vaccine-producing country.”

In addition, “today, December 6, 2021, we will be reaching 50% of the population with two doses, which reaffirms the commitment to achieve in these remaining days of the month to reach that 70% with the two doses “.

And he called on the private sector to encourage vaccination as the best way to combat and prevent new variants, such as omicron.

Despite the advance by the president, the Ministry of Health has only published vaccination data until last Saturday, when 58,891,525 doses were applied, and 25,302,353 had the complete scheme, that is, around 49, 7% of the population.

In addition, since booster doses began to be applied, and taking into account that any population over 18 years of age can apply one more dose, if six months have passed since the initial scheme, 1,909,670 booster doses have been inoculated. (I)

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