Posted : 2021-01-26 20:11
Updated : 2021-01-26 20:36
Colombian Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo attends a news conference following a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia June 3, 2019. / REUTERS-Yonhap
Colombia s Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo has died from viral pneumonia related to COVID-19, the government said on Tuesday.
Trujillo was reported infected with coronavirus earlier this month and was transferred to an intensive care unit. He died in the military hospital in Bogota aged 69. The death of Carlos Holmes fills me with pain, a visibly moved President Ivan Duque said. Colombia has lost one of its best men.
Before serving as defense minister, from where he coordinated military and police operations in the fight against drug trafficking, illegal armed groups, illicit mining and other criminal acts, Trujillo served as foreign minister in Duque s government.
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By Reuters Staff
(Adds confirmation that critical care refers to an intensive care unit)
BOGOTA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Colombia’s Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo is in intensive care after being infected with the coronavirus, the government said on Monday.
Trujillo tested positive for the virus last week, a day after the Ministry of Foreign affairs reported that Foreign Minister Claudia Blum had tested positive for coronavirus.
“The Defense Minister . continues to be hospitalized and in critical care,” the president’s office said in a statement. A spokesman confirmed this meant an intensive care unit.
The minister is suffering from coronavirus infection and viral pneumonia, the statement said.
By Reuters Staff
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BOGOTA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Colombia’s Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo is in critical care after being infected with coronavirus, the government said on Monday.
Trujillo tested positive for the virus last Tuesday, a day after the Ministry of Foreign affairs reported that Foreign Minister Claudia Blum had tested positive for coronavirus.
“The Defense Minister . continues to be hospitalized and in critical care,” the president’s office said in a statement. It did not confirm if critical care meant an intensive care unit.
The minister is suffering from coronavirus infection and viral pneumonia, the statement said.