The Colombian capital, Bogotá, is grappling with a surge in cases of the COVID JN.1 variant with ICU occupancy reaching 80%. Health authorities on alert with infectious variant.
Two rulings on Colombia, one with the ICJ’s defense of the nation’s maritime borders, the other on FARC dissidents orchestrating the 21N violence have been welcomed as historic legal decisions.
Heavy rainfall and colder than usual temperatures across Colombia presents a worrisome public health situation ahead of December’s holiday season.
The most recent report by Bogotá Como Vamos reveals a worrisome panorama of insecurity and income inequality as the city began in 2021 economic reactivation.
President Iván Duque has ended the country’s COVID-19 Health Emergency leaving pandemic management in the hands of the incoming administration of Gustavo Petro.
A first case of Acute hepatitis of unknown origin has been confirmed by Colombia’s National Institute of Health, and among hundreds of new cases identified by health authorities worldwide.
Cuba eliminará el uso obligatorio de la mascarilla desde este martes, una medida que ha estado vigente durante más de dos años para enfrentar la pandemia de la COVID-19.
Twenty-six months after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in Colombia, the Ministry of Health has lifted the last-remaining health measure for citizens: use of face masks indoors.
As per-day cases of coronavirus and deaths remain at record lows, the restriction of wearing of face masks indoors will be lifted within weeks, stated Minister Ruíz.
Health Minister Fernando Ruíz announced that 95% of Colombians have achieved high levels of COVID-19 immunity based on vaccine coverage and recoveries from the disease.
Tuesday marked a low in new cases of coronavirus with 294 cases and number not witnessed since the outbreak of the pandemic two years ago. Active cases are also decelerating.
Colombia añadió este miércoles 26 muertes y 626 contagios nuevos de COVID-19, cifras que ratifican la poca incidencia que tiene la pandemia en la actualidad en el país.
Two years since the first cases of COVID-19 was detected in Colombia, the country has registered more than 6 million cases and 139,000 deaths.
Despite the lowering of COVID-19 active cases to levels pre-Omicron, the national government has extended the Health Emergency to April 30.
After almost two years since Bogotá residents were mandated to wear face masks outdoors, Mayor López has lifted the health measure.
A countries embrace post-COVID-19 by eliminating face mask mandates, Colombia will continue to enforce the measure given the possibility of new variants.