Despite postive results with coronavirus in Colombia, President Duque extends quarantine for a fourth time to May 31 with economic easing phased in for June.
President Duque urged Colombians to exercise self-discipline and strict hygiene as quarantine completes two months and cases total 16,295.
Bogotá reported 115 new cases of COVID-19. In Cartagena, the epidemic has “disseminated” claims Health Minister Ruíz.
After days with the epicenter ofCOVID-19 in the Amazonas department, Bogotá reported 207 new cases on Thursday and five districts placed under “Orange Alert.”
The capital of Amazonas, Leticia, remains at the epicenter of the Colombian outbreak and the region’s many indigenous groups fear “extermination” with COVID-19.
As part of a global crackdown on the trafficking of cultural artifacts, rare pre-Columbian items were seized by INTERPOL at Madrid’s Barajas airport.
Coronavirus cases rose in Colombia on Thursday with an outbreak among three indigenous communities of the Amazon putting the new national total at 9,456.
The rate of COVID-19 infection in Colombia lowered Wednesday after a spike in new cases and testing averaging 4,000 every day.
President Iván Duque extends the National Health Emergency to May 25 after Colombia witnesses largest single-day increase of COVID-19 cases with new total 8,613.
After almost two months since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Colombia, infection rates remain low according to WHO and recovered cases are “accelerating.”
Bogotá’s post-COVID19 economic future cannot come at the expense of political assertiveness and ratings given that recovery may take years or decades.
Colombia actor Antonio Bolívar and member of the Huitoto indigenous peoples has died at age 72 from coronavirus. Bolívar is best known for his role in Embrace of the Serpent.
To mark Labor Day, the Embassy of the Netherlands in Colombia tributed Bogotá healthcare workers the way they do best: with flowers.
Colombian healthcare workers staged walk-outs over the lack of PPE and safe working conditions inside hospitals as COVID-19 cases in the country reached 6507.
Like many cultural events taking place virtually with the lockdown on Sunday, May 3, Banco de la República will tribute the life and works of sociologist Alfredo Molano.
When it comes to who has the final word with easing the lockdown over COVID-19, top Constitutional lawyer Juan Manuel Charry gives us his verdict.