MinSalud “will report” to Icbf to parents who prevent vaccination

Faced with the wave of yellow fever cases, the Ministry of Health reaffirmed its urgent call for people who travel during the Easter season to affected areas to be vaccinated. The alert now arrives, despite the fact that the vaccine takes 10 days to be effective. The ministry says that parents who oppose the vaccination of their children “will report themselves to the Icbf.”

The Departmental Council of Risk Management of Tolima declared this Friday the Public Calamity due to the worrying increase of cases of yellow fever in several municipalities of the department. Gov. Adriana Magali Matiz assured that this decision is made based on the guidelines of the Ministry of Health and circular 012, before the ... The post Tolima declares Public Calamity for yellow fever and reinforces measures in Semana Santa appeared firs…

Córdoba implements an epidemiological shielding plan to protect its inhabitants against the expansion of the outbreak of yellow fever that affects several parts of the country. The strategy includes a special vaccination day scheduled for this Friday, April 11, according to José Vergara Díaz, physician advisor to the Ministry of Health of Montería. “With these local days we want to anticipate the situation that could arise. Although we have no c…

Havana, Apr 10 (RHC) Colombia's Health Minister Guillermo Jaramillo reported Thursday in Bogotá that 33 people died from yellow fever between last year and 2025.