Among the many devastating effects of coronavirus are the numbers of persons forced into poverty, including 3.6 million Colombians during the first year of the pandemic.
April ended the worst month for Colombia of the pandemic in numbers of deaths and new cases. WHO concerned hospitals are at breaking-point in Bogotá and Medellín.
Despite crowded ICUs and surge in covid deaths, Colombia’s trade unions call for mass protest on April 28 against government’s pandemic tax reform.
Samples taken from coronavirus patients in the department of Caldas have confirmed circulation in Colombia of the highly infectious UK variant of coronavirus
Colombia’s equivalent of Giro d’Italia and Tour de France begins Friday on the Eastern Plains and will reach Bogotá for the final stage on April 25.
Mayor Claudia López has announced two three-day quarantines in April to curb the surge in COVID-19 infections. Bogotá’s hospital system returns to Red Alert levels of occupation.
Explosives experts, Lena and Still, were retired from duty with the National Police and rewarded for decades of service in loving homes.
Bogotá’s Claudia López presented President Iván Duque with a “4/3 scheme” in which residents will balance a four-day work week with three days of strict quarantine.
March has recorded the highest rainfall on record for Colombia with mudslides affecting the departments of Antioquia and Valle del Cauca.
The left-wing politician Gustavo Petro remains hospitalized in Florence, Italy, with coronavirus confirmed the family in a statement. Petro is a front-runner for the 2022 presidential election.
Colombia’s wants to educate the innovators of the future with a new virtual campus dedicated to the creative industries.
In a move to complete vaccination in Bogotá of all seniors age 80 or older, the Ministry of Health has announced new measures at health centers.
In order to avoid a spike in coronavirus after the experience of Christmas, Mayor López has banned in-temple services and processions during Holy Week.
The Banco de la República is launching a book with the most important 100 works in the collection of MAMU. The book covers more than two centuries of artistic expression.
Colombia’s National Vaccine Program has begun inoculating the over 80 population with the arrival of the second shipment of 50,310 doses from Pfizer.
In a direct threat against Colombian President Iván Duque, ex-FARC dissident commander Santrich appeared in a video taken in the Venezuelan state of Zulia.