Bogotanos endured the first day of economic activity as lockdown eased, but the epicenter of COVID-19 shifted to the Amazonas department, putting the nation’s new total at 11,613.
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Colombian healthcare workers stage peaceful protests as COVID-19 cases reach 6507
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Bogotá marks sharp decline in COVID19 cases as nation’s total reaches 5949
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Colombian Constitutional lawyer explains who gets to decide easing of quarantine
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Colombia’s Attorney General opens preliminary investigation against Bogotá Mayor López for breaking quarantine
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Bogotá’s poor go hungry as lockdown erases livelihoods of informal workers
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Mayor Claudia López challenges Duque’s easing of lockdown in Bogotá
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Colombian farmers secure food for quarantined households as COVID-19 cases reach 4149
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