Claudia López is planning to extend Bogotá’s lockdown for three months challenging President Duque’s nationwide quarantine deadline.
Cases of COVID-19 climbed to 798 on Monday. The death toll has reached 13. Humanitarian flights continue from Bogotá.
Cases of COVID-19 continue to climb in Colombia with the Ministry of Health reporting 702 patients as of Sunday. The death toll in the country stands at 10.
As coronavirus cases increase in Bogotá, the district has closed live animal markets to protect public health from potential breeding grounds of other deadly viruses.
Hotels, naval bases, fairgrounds are being adapted as makeshift hospitals across Colombia as COVID-19 cases reach 608.
Food donations, online fundraising, and concern for the plight of animals are some of the ways Bogotá grapples with the coronavirus lockdown.
Photographer Javier Rey captured these images of the Colombian capital deserted on the first day of the nationwide quarantine.
Desolation reigns in Bogotá as the first day of the COVID-19 quarantine begins. Cases of coronavirus continued to climb nationwide on Wednesday to 470.
Scores of Bogotanos defied the stay at home order of Mayor Claudia López hours before the nationwide lockdown is enforced.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Colombia reached 277 on Monday as Bogotá entered its fourth day of quarantine.
Colombia’s capital Bogotá is under complete lockdown as coronavirus cases reach 145 nationwide. Bogotá’s nine million residents are confined to their homes as part of a quarantine drill.
After a showdown between President Iván Duque and Bogotá Mayor Claudia López over the legality of the quarantine simulation, the obligatory measure has been decreed.
Bogotá will enact a 4-day quarantine simulation starting Friday, March 20. All residents must abide by the mayoral decree. Here is a listing of mandatory obligations for all residents.
Gatherings across Colombia of more than 50 persons have been banned to contain COVID-19. Bogotá and Medellín declare state of public calamity.
After a weekend of revelry in Bogotá bars and pubs to mark St.Patrick’s Day, Asobares has announced the temporary closure of all affiliated establishments.
As part of the National Health Emergency the border with Venezuela has been closed. On Saturday, coronavirus cases in Colombia totaled 22.