Colombia is set to relaunch international air travel after the five-month closure of its air space to commercial airlines. Five nations have been chosen for the reopening of El Dorado.
Bogotá will end quarantine ahead of schedule, announced Mayor Claudia López as ICU occupancy drops to 77% and lowest number in two months.
Despite harrowing numbers of daily infections, UCI occupancy in Bogotá has begun to lower and active cases decelerating with recovered patients from coronavirus.
After weeks in which Colombia registered more than 10,000 cases and 300 deaths per day, the numbers of recovered has overtaken new infections.
For the first time since the outbreak on March 6, the daily numbers of recovered patients from COVID-19 was almost at par with new infections nationwide.
Seven Bogotá localities return to quarantine as capital nears peak of pandemic. Johns Hopkins warns of COVID-19 impact on Wayúu of La Guajira.
The coronavirus pandemic has transformed Bogotá’s gastronomy scene with scores of top-tier restaurants forced to close their doors. Reopening could be to too little too late.
Bogotá Mayor Claudia López has stated that strict lockdowns for the capital are no longer viable and that preventive health measures will extend until December.
After months in which Bogotá has been at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, new cases of infection in Medellín have surpassed those of the Colombian capital.
Despite a worrisome tally of mortality this week in Colombia, almost half of all coronavirus patients have recovered.
On Wednesday, as the WHO highlighted the coordinated response of the Colombian Govt with the coronavirus pandemic, the country set a new record with PCR tests.
Bogotá’s Claudia López announced changes to the dates in which localities begin and end strict quarantines after the government ruled-out a citywide lockdown.
Despite a cautious lowering in new cases of coronavirus infection nationwide, President Iván Duque presided over the Independence Day celebrations of Veinte de Julio.
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.
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.