Two weeks after mass protests began on April 28 with Paro Nacional, Bogotá registered 7,742 additional cases of coronavirus. Colombia confirmed 19,160 cases.
After weeks of protests and mobility gridlock in Bogotá caused by Paro Nacional, Mayor López warned the city’s hospital system faces imminent collapse.
April ended the worst month for Colombia of the pandemic in numbers of deaths and new cases. WHO concerned hospitals are at breaking-point in Bogotá and Medellín.
Health Minister Fernando Ruíz was among the first to receive a COVID-19 shot after the government expanded coverage to all persons age 60 and over.
Colombia’s southwestern city Cali is under military curfew after extensive rioting with Paro Nacional. Bogotá protests overshadowed by random acts of vandalism.
Bogotá’s Claudia López has not ruled-out additional restrictions should ICU occupancy surpass 90%, including a 14-day general quarantine.
Colombia joins key US allies Canada, UK, France, Israel and Germany as Level 4 nations for coronavirus infection and “Do Not Visit” nations despite vaccinations.
Closed to the rest of the country for almost five months, Colombia is reconnecting with Leticia, Amazonas, given success in covid immunity.
The Ministry of Health has authorized the private health sector to administer COVID-19 vaccines during Phase 3 of the national campaign.
Despite crowded ICUs and surge in covid deaths, Colombia’s trade unions call for mass protest on April 28 against government’s pandemic tax reform.
Samples taken from coronavirus patients in the department of Caldas have confirmed circulation in Colombia of the highly infectious UK variant of coronavirus
The third wave of coronavirus infection in Colombia is leading a surge in new fatalities from the disease with 380 victims confirmed Thursday by the Ministry of Health.
The Colombia Air Force has adapted military transport aircraft to airlift critically ill COVID-19 patients between the country’s second largest city Medellín and Bogotá
Mayor Claudia López has announced two three-day quarantines in April to curb the surge in COVID-19 infections. Bogotá’s hospital system returns to Red Alert levels of occupation.
With 4.091 new cases of coronavirus in Bogotá on Sunday, the Colombian capital must find ways to curb a rapid increase in infections as quarantine fatigue sets in.
The daily deaths from coronavirus continue to increase in Colombia as the third wave of infection overwhelms ICU capacity in Medellín and Barranquilla.