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.
Heavy rainfall and colder than usual temperatures across Colombia presents a worrisome public health situation ahead of December’s holiday season.
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.
Despite the lowering of COVID-19 active cases to levels pre-Omicron, the national government has extended the Health Emergency to April 30.
A countries embrace post-COVID-19 by eliminating face mask mandates, Colombia will continue to enforce the measure given the possibility of new variants.
Colombians are increasingly completing their COVID-19 inoculation schemes, with 64% of the nation’s population fully vaccinated.
As European nations scramble to ease COVID restrictions, cases of the Omicron variant are decelerating across South America. Vaccination key ending pandemic warns PAHO.
The U.S pharmaceutical Moderna has signed a supply agreement with Colombia for 10.8 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine.
Según The Washington Post, la vacuna Pfizer podría estar disponible a finales de febrero para los menores de 5 años.
Colombia’s Ministry of Health has aligned all entry requirements for passengers entering the country via air and sea.
Over the last week, daily cases of COVID-19 in Colombia have started to decelerate, yet active cases remain high.
Bogotá has returned to the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic with sharp increases in new daily cases driven by the Omicron variant
Colombia set a new record in coronavirus cases on Friday, with an additional 34,923 infections and highest number since the third wave peaked in June, 2021.
The traditional Reading of the Sash that marks the start of Barranquilla’s carvival season has been cancelled due to rising cases of the Omicron variant.
Just days after Colombian Health Minister Fernando Ruíz announced that the circulation of the Omicron variant is “imminent,” Colombia confirmed three cases on the coast.
Canadian biotech company Providence has signed a memorandum with the Colombian Government to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines with partner VaxThera.