Despite a cautious lowering in new cases of coronavirus infection nationwide, President Iván Duque presided over the Independence Day celebrations of Veinte de Julio.
This year’s Veinte de Julio celebrations include the first-ever illumination of Niagara Falls in Canada with the colors of the national flag and virtual concert with well-known musicians.
Colombia saw the single highest day-on-day increase of coronavirus with 8,037 cases on Thursday. InnspiraMED authorized to begin human trials of Medellín made ventilator.
The Bogotá Chamber of Commerce has launched the agenda for ARTBO and its art platforms which in 2020 will all be online given the coronavirus pandemic.
As Bogotá embarks on six weeks of rotating quarantines, Medellín will enact a strict curfew. Coronavirus cases in Colombia reach 160,000.
Bogotá’s hospitals have reached 90% ICU capacity with coronavirus patients. President Duque must extend strict lockdown to all of Bogotá recommends 14 medical associations.
As cities around the world balance economic recovery with public health, Bogotá has spent almost four months in quarantine despite rising coronavirus cases.
Bogotá Mayor Claudia López has enacted the strictest lockdown for Bogotá since the outbreak of the pandemic on March 6. Lockdown will be based on rotating localities.
After days of tension between the national government and Mayor Claudia López, Bogotá’s highest authority received praise for her pandemic management.
Bogotá appears to be increasingly improvising in its management of coronavirus. As confidence in economic recovery erodes, so too, the public’s approval with politicians.
With more PCR testing among the population, Colombia registered an additional 4,101 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. Barranquilla worst affected city with mortalities.
After days in which Bogotá’s Claudia López recommended a return to strict lockdown, on Tuesday, the capital received an additional 300 ventilators.
Bogotá’s Claudia López has requested President Iván Duque enact strict quarantine for Bogotá as of July 1 given rising demand for ICUs in public and private hospitals.
Less than a week before Colombia embarks on further reopening of the economy, the country registered a grim daily milestone Thursday with 163 additional fatalities.
Stronger than expected Aleutian winds are carrying sand from the Sahara across South America and contributing to a haze cover in the Colombian capital.
As coronavirus cases in Colombia broke a new daily record, Bogotá Mayor Claudia López blamed the Police and national government for crime in the capital.