Just days after Colombian Health Minister Fernando Ruíz announced that the circulation of the Omicron variant is “imminent,” Colombia confirmed three cases on the coast.
Colombia has yet to detect a first case of the Omicron variant, despite the infectious strain circulating in over 90 countries.
With the surge in Omicron infection in the U.K and Europe, Colombia daily COVID-19 cases are averaging 1.900. The country is close to 80% vaccine coverage.
Disney’s animated feature Encanto is the latest release of a Colombia-inspired production by an international studio. A slate of audiovisual projects are in the works for 2022.
As the 2021 season draws to a close, Teatro Mayor presents Puccini’s epic Tosca, conducted by Vienna Symphony’s Andrés Orozco-Estrada.
Colombia reaches 60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines given, representing more than 50% of the population fully vaccinated against the disease.
All travelers entering Colombia as from December 14 will have to provide proof of a full-vaccination scheme or present a PCR test pre-departure.
Edition 31 of Expoartesanías opens in Bogotá on December 7 with artisans representing Colombia’s 32 departments and 18 countries in the international pavilion.
Colombia is well-ranked among the 50 Best Restaurants in Latin America, with an extended 51-100 list that includes a host of innovative chefs.
Colombia’s flagship Avianca has left Chapter 11 with a streamlined business model that competes with low-cost carriers and over U.S$1 billion in liquidity.
Despite every COVID-19 variant circulating in Colombia, the country appears to have skewed the fourth wave of infection. But with Omicron, the pandemic could surge again.
Seven award-winning African novelists join BLAA’s contemporary literature series with interviews hosted by Gilbert Shang Ndi.
As Colombia marks five years since the signing of the Final Accord with FARC, deep political divisions continue over the future of a fragile peace.
An new exhibition at Casa Republicana in Bogotá recreates fragments of the life of one of Colombia’s most enigmatic contemporary artists: Pedro Manrique Figueroa.
Five leading conductors are in charge of ensembles and orchestras during the four-day Bogotá is Baroque music festival.
Colombia’s tourism sector is on the rebound ahead of the busy end-of-year travel season. More airlines want in.