And in the holiday hotspot of Cartagena, local media reports that beaches will gradually open in the next few weeks with new zoning rules in place to keep people safe. As of May 20, commercial passenger flights are banned until the end of June. From September 21, international flights will operate in and out of the country, though land, sea and river borders remain closed for the foreseeable future. For all the latest News updates, download our app Android and iOS. ... Everyone here is making an effort to take care of us, but we’re two more mouths to feed.”. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
The decision to lock down its borders comes as other nations have taken similar steps. In addition to the previous announcements, the Ministry of Health indicated which are the biosafety protocols for international flights: Travellers arriving to Colombia must present a negative result of a PCR test for Covid-19 taken no longer than 96 hours before the stipulated time of travel and whoever has symptoms associated with Covid-19 will not be allowed to get on board. The Colombian Government announced the reopening of the international air connectivity with the inauguration of the first two flights on September 19th from Cartagena with the arrival of the airline Spirit coming from Fort Lauderdale, and the departure of the Colombian airline Viva Air to Miami. The air passenger traffic will fall by 58.4% on a year-on-year basis this year, the report further said. No part of this site may be reproduced without our written permission. Jim Wyss covers Latin America for the Miami Herald and was part of the team that won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for its work on the “Panama Papers.” He and his Herald colleagues were also named Pulitzer finalists in 2019 for the series “Dirty Gold, Clean Cash.” He joined the Herald in 2005. The health ministry is currently finalising the security protocols that will include coronavirus tests for passengers. Colombia, a country of 50 million and the United States’ staunchest ally in the region, has reported 108 cases of the novel coronavirus. “I went into a panic,” Arenas said of Thursday’s border closure announcement. Pronto reciviras un correo curab itur arcu erat, accumsan id imperd. The Colombian government announced Wednesday, May 20, that the ban on international passenger flights will be extended until Monday, August 31, due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Before the flight took off, Duque along with several other officials inspected the air terminal’s bio-security protocols.