As cities gradually allow businesses to restart, while others remain in lockdown, the numbers of COVID-19 cases have lowered in the last three consecutive days.
While Colombian authorities mitigate the spread of COVID-19 with the Health Emergency, criminal groups are terrorizing rural populations under quarantine.
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.
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.
Colombian healthcare workers staged walk-outs over the lack of PPE and safe working conditions inside hospitals as COVID-19 cases in the country reached 6507.
Bogotá Mayor Claudia López faces a criminal investigation by the Attorney General after she broke quarantine while shopping with her wife Angélica Lozano.
Bogotá saw a marked decline in daily COVID-19 cases on Thursday with more testing by the INS. The nation’s number of infected totals 4561.
Bogotá Mayor Claudia López appears on a collision course with President Iván Duque’s timeline for easing quarantine after April 27 as coronavirus cases reach 3977.
Colombia will modify the nationwide quarantine on April 27 without easing restrictions. On Thursday, the country reported 128 new cases of COVID-19, putting total at 3233.
Colombia’s Health Minister claims the country has begun flattening the COVID-19 curve. There are 3105 patients of the virus and four additional fatalities in the last 24 hours.
The Canadian Government will boost the capacity of Colombian clinical psychologists working the 192 coronavirus hotline as the country continues under quarantine.
The coronavirus outbreak has revealed very different leadership by President Duque and Mayor López. Both share altruistic objectives when it comes to saving lives.
The Pazeras, like other US expats, found themselves in Medellín when the coronavirus pandemic broke out. Their story is one of optimism in Colombia’s future.