After a lull in coronavirus cases, the pre-Christmas shopping season has resulted in a surge in new infections and ICU occupancy reaching Red Alert levels.
The second wave of COVID infections across Colombia appears to be decelerating with 55,400 active cases. The country now ranks 10th in the Johns Hopkins global tally.
Under the WHO Covax effort Colombia aims to vaccinate 15 million with the coronavirus vaccine early 2021, and has secured more doses directly from big pharma.
Colombia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has retracted a recommendation to bar foreigners from seven nations from entering the country for “non-essential” travel.
COVID-19: Bogotanos will be able to enjoy the last seasonal event of the year before Christmas at home with Halloween house parties banned and rules for trick-o-treaters.
Health Minister Fernando Ruíz stated that Colombia could return to lockdowns as new cases of COVID-19 have increased with the reopening of the economy.
Despite Colombia registering a significant lowering in active COVID-19 cases, land and sea borders will remain closed until November 1.
Avianca has been riding one public relations crisis to another, the latest involving US$7.2 million in bonuses to senior executives despite the airline’s deep financial crisis.
Colombia’s active COVID-19 cases have lowered to 90,000 and Bogotá’s ICU occupancy just a few percentage points from leaving Red Alert.
After months in which coronavirus cases were peaking in Colombia, recent numbers reveal a sharp deceleration of the virus. ICU occupancy in Bogotá lowers to 62%.
Colombia witnesses sharp decline in daily deaths from coronavirus and Bogotá’s ICU occupancy drops below Red Alert threshold.
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.
As Colombia enters the final days of quarantine, President Duque believes economic reactivation will be powerful. Bogotá’s Claudia López explains our “new reality.”
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.