Colombia gives green light for vaccine roll-out by private health sector
The Ministry of Health has authorized the private health sector to administer COVID-19 vaccines during Phase 3 of the national campaign.
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Unions call for protest as Colombia sees highest per day deaths of pandemic
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.
JEP gives precautionary measures to Buenaventura’s estuary of the “disappeared”
An estuary close to Colombia's largest port has been granted precautionary measures by JEP to facilitate the exhumation of missing persons.
Duque confirms UK variant circulating in Colombia
Samples taken from coronavirus patients in the department of Caldas have confirmed circulation in Colombia of the highly infectious UK variant of coronavirus
Coronavirus deaths in Colombia reaching grim milestones with third wave
The third wave of coronavirus infection in Colombia is leading a surge in new fatalities from the disease with 380 victims confirmed Thursday by the…
Colombia’s FAC transports COVID-19 patients from Medellín in air ICUs
The Colombia Air Force has adapted military transport aircraft to airlift critically ill COVID-19 patients between the country's second largest city Medellín and Bogotá
What next for Bogotá as COVID-19 cases surge and quarantine ends?
With 4.091 new cases of coronavirus in Bogotá on Sunday, the Colombian capital must find ways to curb a rapid increase in infections as quarantine…
Bogotá enters lockdown as coronavirus claims 269 victims on Friday
The daily deaths from coronavirus continue to increase in Colombia as the third wave of infection overwhelms ICU capacity in Medellín and Barranquilla.
South America in dangerous surge of coronavirus cases and deaths
Colombia, like the rest of South America, is entering a dangerous phase with coronavirus as daily cases and deaths surge with the "third wave" of…
Colombia tightens COVID-19 restrictions amidst surge in new cases
President Iván Duque has told Mayors and Governors to adopt tougher coronavirus measures to prevent a surge in new infections with the "third wave."
Human rights abuses in Colombia denounced in State Department’s 2020 report
Colombia's extra-judicial killings and child recruitment are some of the abuses profiled in the most recent country report by the U.S State Department.
Coronavirus cases surge in Medellín with start of Colombia’s third wave
The capital of Antioquia, Medellín, is the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic with daily cases surpassing those of Bogotá.
Duque announces restrictions to curb coronavirus surge during Easter
President Iván Duque announced Tuesday that night curfews and Pico y cédula will return during the Easter holidays to curb the third wave of coronavirus…
Heavy rains in Colombia highest on record for March
March has recorded the highest rainfall on record for Colombia with mudslides affecting the departments of Antioquia and Valle del Cauca.
Colombia’s Gustavo Petro hospitalized in Italy with COVID-19
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…
The tragedy of Bogotá’s missing girls
The disappearance of two-year-old Sara Sofía Galván recalls the tragedy of Yuliana Samboni and Michelle Amaya. Two girls who went missing in the Colombian capital.