The fast response by the government of President Iván Duque with the COVID19 pandemic has been met with a 74.7% approval rating among Colombians.
Colombia’s Health Minister claims the country has begun flattening the COVID-19 curve. There are 3105 patients of the virus and four additional fatalities in the last 24 hours.
The Canadian Government will boost the capacity of Colombian clinical psychologists working the 192 coronavirus hotline as the country continues under quarantine.
Numbers of coronavirus infection in Colombia remain below 3,000 on Tuesday, but 15 more deaths were confirmed by the Ministry of Health, putting the new national total at 127.
The coronavirus outbreak has revealed very different leadership by President Duque and Mayor López. Both share altruistic objectives when it comes to saving lives.
While governments across South American bankroll the fight against coronavirus, in Brazil, loggers are defying isolation measures to deforest the Amazon at an alamaring rate.
The Pazeras, like other US expats, found themselves in Medellín when the coronavirus pandemic broke out. Their story is one of optimism in Colombia’s future.
The Colombian capital Bogotá sees a second consecutive day of low COVID-19 infections as national total rises to 2852 cases. Three more deaths were confirmed on Monday.
Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer lights up to tribute frontline healthcare workers around the world.
A Bogotá doctor is the first healthcare professional to die from coronavirus in the country as confirmed cases put the nation’s total at 2,709.
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.
Colombia reports 274 new cases of coronavirus elevating the national total to 2054 and the largest single-day increase since the outbreak.
During a virtual press conference, Bogotá Mayor Claudia López announced that gender-based mobility restrictions go into effect for the capital during the extended quarantine.
The author of Ayahuasca: Weaving Destinies, Jimmy Weiskopf describes quarantine from the small Andean community Choachí, known by the Muisca as their “Balcony of the Moon.”
The Colombian Air Force has joined the fight to protect vulnerable populations from the spread of COVID-19. The nation’s coronavirus case total climbed to 1780 on Tuesday.
President Iván Duque confirmed on Monday what Colombians were anticipating, a two-week extension to the national quarantine.