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Nationwide quarantine exceptions

By U.S. Embassy Bogotá

2 MINUTE READ

April 9, 2020

Please note that the Government of Colombia has issued a decree governing the nationwide quarantine from 12:00am on March 25 until 12:00am on August 1. In order to reduce the spread of COVID-19, the decree applies to everyone in Colombia, including foreign visitors. The following are the activities exempt during the quarantine:

Source: https://id.presidencia.gov.co/especiales/200323-Aislamiento-Preventivo-Obligatorio/excepciones.html

Nationwide quarantine exceptions Assistance and provision of health services

Nationwide quarantine exceptions acquisition of essential goods- food, beverates, medicines, medical devices, cleaning and goods.

Nationwide quarantine exceptions accessing banking, financial and payment operator services and notary services

Nationwide quarantine exceptions assistance and care for children, adolescents and persons over 70 years of age people with disabilities and people with secial treatments that require assistance of trained personnel

Nationwide quarantine exceptions due to force majeure or fortuitous event.

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the work of the medical missions of all international health agencies

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the production supply, storage and transport chain, marketing and distribution of medicines, pharmaceutical products, inputs, cleaning, disinfection and personal hygiene products

Nationwide quarantine exceptions activities related to emergency services including vet emergencies

Nationwide quarantine exceptions funeral services, burials and cremations

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the chain of production supply, storage, transport, marketing and distribution of basic goods beverages, medicines, medical devices, sanitation, cleaning food and medicines for pets, and other elements and goods needed to attend to the health emergency

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the chain of sowing harvesting production, packaging, import, export, transport, storage, distribution and marketing of seeds, agricultural, fish and livestock, inputs and products and agrochemicals agricultural, fish and livestock products and food

Nationwide quarantine exceptions selling of essential goods in markets warehouses supermarkets and similar or delivered to your home

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the activities of public servants and state contractors necessary in this emergency, and those needed to carry out essential state functions

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the activities of the staff of diplomatic and consular missions duly accredited to the Colombian state

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the activites of the military forces, the national police and state security agencies as well as the military and defense industry.

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the activities of public and private service ports exclusively for the transport of cargo

Nationwide quarantine exceptions maritime and river dredging activities

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the review and attention to emergencies and road affectations, and infrastructure works that cannot be suspended.

Nationwide quarantine exceptions activities necessary for air and airport operations

Nationwide quarantine exceptions restaurants that offer delivery service and hotel restaurants services for guests only

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the hotel industry's activities to serve its guests strictly necessary to prevent, mitigate and attend to the health emergency

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the operation of critical infrastructure computers, systems communications networks, data and information

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the functioning and operation of call centers, contact centers, the technical support centers and data processing centers.

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the operation fo the provision of private security and guard services, prison and penitentiary services and companies that provide the service of cleaning and cleaning in public buildings

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the activities necessary to ensure the operation, maintenance, storage and supply of public services including internet

Nationwide quarantine exceptions provision of banking and financial services of postal payment operators, bureaux de change, gambling operations in the form of the novel and territorial permanent bets. Chance and Lottery, risk centers, carriage of valuables and notary and public instrument registration activites, as well as the provison of services related to the issuing of urban planning licenses.

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the operation of postal courier, radio televison, press and media distribution services

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the supply and distribution of food and essential goods food drink, medicines, medical devices, sanitation and cleaning

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the activites of the interreligious sector related to the institutional emergency and humanitarian aid, spiritual and psychological.

Nationwide quarantine exceptions essential maintenance of companies, industrial plants, or mines that must operate without interruption

Nationwide quarantine exceptions intervention in civil and construction works that, due to their progress and characteristics, are at risk of collapse or require reinforcements.

Nationwide quarantine exceptions activites related to payment of wages, fees, pensions, economic benefits and social security

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the strictly necessary movement of the management and teaching staff of public and private educational institutions.

Nationwide quarantine exceptions Construction of health infrastructure to attend to the emergency

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the implementation of transport infrastructure and public works, as well as the supply chain of materials and supplies related to the executions of these works.

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the practice activities and outdoor exercise of persons in the age range of 18 to 60 years, for a maximum period of one hour per day, following the measures, instructions, and schedules set by the mayors in their respective territorial jurisditions.

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the execution of building construction works and activates of legal guarantee on the same construction, as well as the provision of materials and supplies exclusively intended for the implementation of the same.

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the cahin of production, supply, storage, repair, maintenance, transport, marketing and distribution of textile, leather and clothing products, wood processing the manufacture of paper, cardboard and their products and derivatives, and the production of chemicals, metals, electrical products machinery, and equipment.

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the realization of appraisals of goods and study of titles that havve the purpose of constituting guarantees before entites controlled by the superintendence of finance of colombia

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the operation of family police stations and police inspectorates as well as the users of these

Nationwide quarantine exceptions the manufacture, repair, maintenance, and purchase and sale of spare parts and accessories for conventional and electric bicycles

Nationwide quarantine exceptions Public car parks

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