Verónica Machado became the first frontline health worker to receive the coronavirus vaccine at a Sincelejo hospital.
Claudia López got a green light from the government to start COVID vaccinations as of February 20. The initial 7,700 doses are destined to frontline medical workers.
The recent downturn in COVID-19 cases is encouraging news for a country with more than 2.1 million total cases. Recoveries from the virus also surpassed 2 million.
Colombia has secured 61 million coronavirus vaccines to immunize 70% of the population in 2021. The mass vaccinations begin on February 20.
Colombia will suspend all air travel with Brazil for 30 days to prevent importation of the highly-infectious Brazilian variant.
Bogotá’s Government Secretary Luis Ernesto Gómez announced revised measures for the capital as ICU occupancy stabilizes and infection rates begin to lower to December levels.
Carlos Holmes Trujillo, Colombia’s Defense Minister, has died from coronavirus after a two-week battle with the disease. Holmes Trujillo was a close friend of President Iván Duque.
As the world registers more than 2 million deaths from COVID-19, total cases in Colombia topped 2 million, the second-highest for a South American nation.
Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo remains hospitalized with viral pneumonia due to COVID-19 and on respiratory support claims the government in an official statement.
The Colombian capital will be placed under night curfews as of Tuesday and strict lockdown for the final weekend of January announced Mayor Claudia López.
The Colombian government confirmed Monday that Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo is in intensive care with coronavirus at Bogotá’s Military Hospital.
As the world reached the grim milestone of 2 million COVID-19 deaths, both Colombia and its capital Bogotá registered record single-day increases in new infections.
Colombian immigration officials detained three U.S citizens for attempting to leave Cartagena with falsified PCR tests. Overland borders remain closed until March 1.
President Duque has not ruled out a return to a nationwide quarantine should citizens be indisciplined with obligatory coronavirus measures.
A variant of coronavirus unique to Colombia has been identified by the INS and comes as the government rolled out the national vaccination program.
A dramatic surge in new coronavirus infection across Bogotá has placed the city’s hospital system in Red Alert. Quarantines and curfews in effect starting Thursday, January 7.