They deny a lawsuit that sought to eliminate the requirement of the vaccination card in bars and cinemas

This Friday, February 25, it was learned that the Council of State denied a lawsuit that sought to eliminate the requirement of the vaccination card to enter different commercial establishments.

It should be remembered that since the vaccination process against covid-19 advanced in the country, the national government established that to enter establishments such as bars, cinemas, restaurants, among others, it was mandatory to present the vaccination card against the virus.

The foregoing, in search of ensuring public health and preventing covid-19 from continuing to spread. Also, to encourage vaccination throughout the national territory.

Faced with this measure, several unions were upset and even filed a lawsuit that sought to eliminate this requirement, alleging that many citizens do not want to be inoculated and therefore they would be violating some of their fundamental rightsby not allowing them to enter due to lack of this requirement.

Likewise, the plaintiff assured that the requirement of the card to enter those places “grants police powers to individuals, since the administrators of bars, restaurants, cinemas and other public establishments are responsible for verifying whether or not people carry the identity card. vaccination, when in fact they have not received any training in handling sensitive data.

However, the Council of State decided to deny the demand, that is, the vaccination card against covid-19 will continue to be an essential requirement to enter cinemas, restaurants and bars, among other establishments.

The high court argued that the President of the Republic has all the faculties to establish this type of norms. In addition, he explained that, “although certain fundamental rights of unvaccinated people are restricted, such guarantees are not absolute, while their limitation is necessary, suitable, proportional and reasonable to ward off the effects of the presence of covid-19. 19″.

Likewise, the Council of State assured that many of the arguments related to the violation of some rights of those who do not want to be vaccinated, such as Habeas Data, presented by the plaintiff, are not valid and instead, with this requirement, it is looking after health collectively.

“There is no glimpse of segregation or discrimination of the unvaccinated, nor the violation of the right of habeas data and, instead, a plan is being projected to guarantee public health in times of crisis,” added the high court .

Due to the above, it was determined that the requirement of the vaccination card against covid-19 will continue to be a requirement for entry to establishments. “As long as the health emergency continues and until a judgment is issued on the legality of these mandates, the measures established there must be maintained.”

They extend the health emergency in Colombia

Last Thursday, February 24, the Minister of Health and Social Protection, Fernando Ruiz, shared through his Twitter account a document with which the health emergency extends, once again, until next April 30.

Resolution 304 of 2022, with which this is regulated, is the first extension of the emergency that occurs during this year and the eighth since when the measure was imposed by Resolution 385 of 2020.

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