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Colombia in containment phase with monkeypox outbreak

By Richard Emblin - July 25, 2022

The announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) that the monkeypox outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern, comes as Colombia has registered 11 cases of a virus that was first identified in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the decades that followed human cases of monkeypox were reported in […]

President Duque extends Colombia’s quarantine to “continue saving lives”

By The City Paper Staff - April 7, 2020

President Iván Duque confirmed on Monday what Colombians were anticipating, a two-week extension to the national quarantine.

Venezuelan migrants voluntarily leave Colombia, COVID-19 cases at 1485

By The City Paper Staff - April 5, 2020

Venezuelan migrants wanting to be repatriated were transported to the border at Cúcuta by Migración Colombia. On Sunday, the national COVID-19 count rose 79 new cases to 1485.

Coronavirus cases top 700 in Colombia, Bogotá most affected city in country

By The City Paper Staff - March 29, 2020

Cases of COVID-19 continue to climb in Colombia with the Ministry of Health reporting 702 patients as of Sunday. The death toll in the country stands at 10.

Bogotá shuts down live animal markets with coronavirus outbreak

By The City Paper Staff - March 29, 2020

As coronavirus cases increase in Bogotá, the district has closed live animal markets to protect public health from potential breeding grounds of other deadly viruses.

Colombia coronavirus cases rise to 9, patients in Bogotá, Medellín and Cartagena.

By The City Paper Staff - March 11, 2020

Three women who recently traveled to Europe, Caribbean, U.S and Central America are the most recent cases of coronavirus in Colombia.

Colombia’s Health Ministry signs pact to eliminate malaria in the country

By The City Paper Staff - March 18, 2019

An initiative by the Ministry of Health aims to eliminate malaria in Colombia’s Pacific communities before implemented in other disease-prone regions.

Did Rihanna snub Bogotá launch of Lollapalooza over Zika?

By The City Paper Staff - July 5, 2016

Rihanna was reportedly the star act of the first ever Lollapalooza Colombia Festival. Reports circulating claim she cancelled over fears of getting Zika in Bogotá. The entire festival has been canceled.

What it’s like to have Chikungunya, a muscle-paralysing virus?

By Richard Emblin - May 16, 2016

COVID-19 turned pandemic, but four years ago, another virus – ChikV – ravaged South America with severe debilitating neurological symptoms to the infected.