Some 8,000 supporters of the National Strike held peaceful demonstrations in Bogotá as Colombia registered the highest per day death toll since the start of the pandemic.
Mayor Claudia López confirmed on social media that she has been diagnosed with coronavirus. The infection obliges the district’s highest official to rest and self-isolate.
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.
Social media hysteria, fake news, spamming by K-poppers are just some of the tools Paro Nacional supporters are deviating constructive debate to end the crisis in Colombia.
After weeks of protests and mobility gridlock in Bogotá caused by Paro Nacional, Mayor López warned the city’s hospital system faces imminent collapse.
The Ministry of Health warned that 126 medical missions have been attacked during the first week of Paro Nacional and called on protestors to show empathy for health workers.
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.
With Bogotá’s ICU occupation above 90% Mayor Claudia López announced new restrictions and banned mass demonstrations until May 9.
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.