Colombia constitutes the main risk factor of Covid-19 infection for Venezuelans

Due to the significant rates of Covid-19 infections from Colombia, Venezuela will strengthen control measures in the so-called trails to prevent the spread of the infectious disease. “We are going to be much more diligent, much more rigid and careful at work in the so-called trails”, said the Vice-president of Communication, Culture and Tourism, Jorge Rodríguez. He indicated that, as a result of the entry of people from Colombia, the New Granada nation appears as “the main risk factor of transmission and infection for Venezuelans”. From the Miraflores Palace, located in Caracas, he pointed out that the increase in the transmission in travelers from Colombia responds to the fact that “this epidemic is not being controlled in any way there, not even making an adequate registry of cases; which means a risk for the strict control that we are doing in Venezuela”. Since Monday, April 6, the border municipalities of Simón Bolívar and Pedro María Ureña are under a curfew, effective from 10:00am until 4:00pm. Given this, people who enter Venezuela from Cúcuta must respect the established schedules, as well as allow the registration of the fingerprint, blood antibody tests and the mandatory 14-day quarantine.