President Iván Duque has extended quarantine to July 1 with Decree 749 putting the nation on course for the world’s longest-running coronavirus lockdown.
Colombia breaks a daily record for COVID-19 testing as the country confirms 24,104 cases. Quarantine extended for seniors until June 30 as Duque continues with “flexibilization.”
With the lifting of lockdown scheduled for May 31, President Duque keeps Colombia’s economic future of hold with selected sectors allowed to resume work.
The first batch of low-cost respirators made in Medellín enter production as Colombia’s COVID-19 reach 19,131 and death toll breaks a daily record.
Through various initiatives, Canada is demonstrating its commitment to work with Colombia to face the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the healthcare community.
President Iván Duque announced a series of measures that after May 31 return some degree of productivity to Colombia as part of a “flexible” re-opening.
Despite postive results with coronavirus in Colombia, President Duque extends quarantine for a fourth time to May 31 with economic easing phased in for June.
Since the declaration of the National Health Emergency that closed international air travel, 5,000 Colombians have been repatriated in the last two months.
President Duque urged Colombians to exercise self-discipline and strict hygiene as quarantine completes two months and cases total 16,295.
Bogotá reported 115 new cases of COVID-19. In Cartagena, the epidemic has “disseminated” claims Health Minister Ruíz.
After days with the epicenter ofCOVID-19 in the Amazonas department, Bogotá reported 207 new cases on Thursday and five districts placed under “Orange Alert.”
Nurses are on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic and as the world marks International Nurses Day, Colombian healthcare providers are risking their lives to save lives.
Bogotanos endured the first day of economic activity as lockdown eased, but the epicenter of COVID-19 shifted to the Amazonas department, putting the nation’s new total at 11,613.
The easing of quarantine in Bogotá is a reality as of Monday as an estimated 2.6 million return to work. Mayor Claudia López announced new measures for our “new normal.”
Coronavirus cases rose in Colombia on Thursday with an outbreak among three indigenous communities of the Amazon putting the new national total at 9,456.
The rate of COVID-19 infection in Colombia lowered Wednesday after a spike in new cases and testing averaging 4,000 every day.