Mayor Claudia López confirmed on social media that she has been diagnosed with coronavirus. The infection obliges the district’s highest official to rest and self-isolate.
Bogotá could face shortages with clean water given road blockades by striking protestors that are impeding the movement of purification chemicals.
Two weeks after mass protests began on April 28 with Paro Nacional, Bogotá registered 7,742 additional cases of coronavirus. Colombia confirmed 19,160 cases.
Social media hysteria, fake news, spamming by K-poppers are just some of the tools Paro Nacional supporters are deviating constructive debate to end the crisis in Colombia.
After weeks of protests and mobility gridlock in Bogotá caused by Paro Nacional, Mayor López warned the city’s hospital system faces imminent collapse.
Bogotanos woke up Friday with another conquistador downed by the members of the Misak indigenous group as protests across Colombia enter their tenth day.
Vandals attempted to storm the Colombian Congress during a protest in Bogotá, hours after police command posts were attacked and torched during riots.
Violence in Colombia’s capital erupted Tuesday night after rioters targeted police stations and city’s transportation infrastructure. Food shortages begin to set-in with prolonged strike.
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.
Colombia’s southwestern city Cali is under military curfew after extensive rioting with Paro Nacional. Bogotá protests overshadowed by random acts of vandalism.
Despite Bogotá Mayor Claudia López prohibiting all gatherings and protests with the red alert, the Paro Nacional could affect tranquility in the capital for days.
With Bogotá’s ICU occupation above 90% Mayor Claudia López announced new restrictions and banned mass demonstrations until May 9.
Bogotá’s Claudia López has not ruled-out additional restrictions should ICU occupancy surpass 90%, including a 14-day general quarantine.
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.
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 Ministry of Health.
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.