Bogotá’s Anti-Riot Squad – ESMAD – set out to hose-down the capital’s largest food depot Corabastos as COVID-19 cases in the country increased 250, putting the total at 2,473.
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Venezuelan migrants voluntarily leave Colombia, COVID-19 cases at 1485
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Cases of COVID-19 climbed to 798 on Monday. The death toll has reached 13. Humanitarian flights continue from Bogotá.