Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsColombia s capital Bogota to enter three-day quarantine from Saturday
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Health workers line up to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Colombia Clinic in Bogota, Colombia February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo
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Colombia s capital Bogota will introduce new restrictions this week, including a three-day lockdown starting on Saturday, Mayor Claudia Lopez said, in a bid to curb a third wave of coronavirus infections.
The decision to place additional restrictions in Bogota this week follows high growth in coronavirus positive test rates and increasing demand for intensive care units (ICUs), the mayor said late on Monday. We re all going to stay at home Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, Lopez said in a video message, adding that essential workers would still be allowed out.
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BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia’s capital Bogota will introduce new restrictions this week, including a three-day lockdown starting on Saturday, Mayor Claudia Lopez said, in a bid to curb a third wave of coronavirus infections.
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The decision to place additional restrictions in Bogota this week follows high growth in coronavirus positive test rates and increasing demand for intensive care units (ICUs), the mayor said late on Monday.
“We’re all going to stay at home Saturday, Sunday, and Monday,” Lopez said in a video message, adding that essential workers would still be allowed out.