Advisories

IVA Advisory :

1. Yellow fever: Country requirement: no. Yellow fever vaccination recommendation: yes. Recommended for all travellers aged 9 months or over travelling to the following departments at altitudes below 2300 m (Map): Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlántico, Bolivar, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Guainía, Guaviare, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindio, Risaralda, San Andrés and Providencia, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Vaupés, Vichada, Choco (only the municipalities of Acandí, Juradó, Riosucio, and Unguía), and La Guajira (only the municipalities of Albania, Barrancas, Dibulla, Distracción, El Molino, Fonseca, Hatonuevo, La Jagua del Pilar, Maicao, Manaure, Riohacha, San Juan del Cesar, Urumita, and Villanueva). Generally not recommended1 for travellers whose itineraries are limited to the following areas west of the Andes at altitudes below 2300 m: the departments of Cauca, Nariño and Valle de Cauca, central and southern Choco, and the cities of Barranquilla, Cali, Cartagena and Medellín (Map). Not recommended for travellers whose itineraries are limited to all areas above 2300 m, including the city of Bogotá and the municipality of Uribia in La Guajira department. Malaria: Malaria risk – P. vivax (72%), P. falciparum (27%) – is high throughout the year in rural/jungle areas below 1600 m, especially in municipalities of the regions of Amazonia, Orinoquía, Pacífico and Urabá-Bajo Cauca. Transmission intensity varies by department, with the highest risk in Amazonas, Antioquia, Chocó, Córdoba, Guaviare, La Guajira, Nariño and Vichada. Chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum exists in Amazonia, Pacífico and Urabá-Bajo Cauca. Resistance to sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine reported. Recommended prevention in risk areas: III. Type III: Risk of P. vivax and P. falciparum malaria transmission, combined with emerging chloroquine resistance. Mosquito bite prevention plus chloroquine+proguanil chemoprophylaxis. in Amazonia, Pacífico and Urabá-Bajo Cauca: IV. Type IV: (1) High risk of P. falciparum malaria, combined with reported antimalarial drug resistance; or (2) Moderate/low risk of P. falciparum malaria, combined with reported high levels of drug resistanceb. Mosquito bite prevention plus atovaquone–proguanil, doxycycline or mefloquine chemoprophylaxis (select according to reported resistance patter

2. Airport tax: $19.00.

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SAARC Advisory :

Country	Visa Required	Apply At
Bangladesh	Yes	New Delhi
Bhutan	Yes	New Delhi
Maldives	Yes	New Delhi
Nepal	Yes	New Delhi
Pakistan	Yes	---
Srilanka	Yes	New Delhi

Name :	Embassy of Colombia
Address :	85 Poorvi Marg, Vasant Vihar,
City :	New Delhi- 110 057
Country :	India
Telephone :	4320 2100 to 115, 4166 2106/ 09
Fax :	4166 2104/ 08
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International Advisory :

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