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Reported COVID-19 infections in Colombia skyrocket April 11, 2021 Colombia’s Health Ministry reported skyrocketing COVID-19 infections on Sunday as multiple cities are on lockdown to curb new outbreaks. In its daily report, the Health Ministry said it received reports on another 17,483 new infections and 281 deaths in the previous 24 hours. Infections and deaths have skyrocketed since last month when the government reported the lowest number of infections and optimism about its National Vacci...

Photo: Mauricio Dueñas/EFE As Colombia has witnessed during the last two weeks, the third wave of coronavirus contagion is highly infectious and alarming given that daily cases have surpassed – or are perilously close to –  the peaks of the two previous waves. On Sunday, the country confirmed 17,483 additional cases after processing 68,067 PCR tests. The day’s numbers are lower than 21,078 confirmed on January 15, 2021, with the second peak, yet significantly higher than 13,056 on A...

The major cities of Colombia Saturday began the first weekend of strict lockdowns in a bid to reduce the spread of the third wave of the coronavirus following several days of more than 10,000 daily in. Colombia goes under lockdown amid third Covid-19 wave | Outstanding | English edition | Agencia EFE

Colombia goes under lockdown amid third Covid-19 wave 2 minutes read Bogotá, Apr 10 (EFE).- The major cities of Colombia Saturday began the first weekend of strict lockdowns in a bid to reduce the spread of the third wave of the coronavirus following several days of more than 10,000 daily infections. Bogotá, Medellín, and Barranquilla woke up with lower-than-usual traffic and public transportation. Authorities imposed a night curfew in Cali and Cartagena, which also closed the beaches in t...

Can Colombia prevent another lockdown amid Brazilian COVID-19 threat? April 9, 2021 Some of Colombia’s largest cities have been forced to reinstate lockdowns as a new surge in COVID-19 infections is knocking down hospitals and slowing down vaccination efforts. Health Minister Fernando Ruiz and Bogota Mayor Claudia Lopez declared an orange alert in the capital on Thursday, restricting its 7 million inhabitants’ access to shopping centers, banks and public buildings and a nightly curfew. Auth...

Amor X Locombia: Hope for Colombia During COVID-19 April 9, 2021COVID-19 LAWRENCE, Kansas — The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the world in ways that could have never been predicted. Aside from the physical suffering of many because of it, financial hardships bore down on individuals globally. In Colombia during COVID-19, this has been no exception. Yet, there is notable hope for many Colombians because of Camila Ordóñez Vargas and Amor X Locombia (Love for Locombia). The Onset of COVID-...

Photo: Antonio Lacerda/EFE The coronavirus pandemic shows no sign of retreating across South America despite governments ratcheting up vaccination campaigns and placing their largest cities in quarantine; and Tuesday, a grim day for infections and deaths. The South American country with the highest single-day death toll was Brazil adding 4,195 victims to reach the harrowing number of 336,957. The nation’s Health Ministry also confirmed 87,000 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the total case coun...

Bogota to impose lockdown as Covid-19 cases rise in Colombia Issued on: 06/04/2021 - 09:26 People wait to be inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine in Bogota. The city of eight million will be put under strict lockdown from Saturday to battle a third wave of the pandemic Raul ARBOLEDA AFP 2 min Bogota (AFP) Eight million inhabitants of Bogota will be put under strict lockdown from Saturday, mayor Claudia Lopez said as the Colombian city battles a th...

Updated / Tuesday, 6 Apr 2021 09:47 The WHO estimates that many ICUs in Brazils hospitals are more than 90% full Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide have crossed 3 million, according to a Reuters tally, as the latest global resurgence of Covid-19 infections is challenging vaccination efforts across the globe. Worldwide Covid-19 deaths are rising once again, especially in Brazil and India. Health officials blame more infectious variants that were first detected in the United Kingdom and South...

Colombian man wins #MarlinsTwitterMarchMadness “Absolutely crazy.” That’s what Daniel De Vivo tells Fish Stripes after receiving more than 1,200 votes to upset Brendan Tobin in the Marlins Twitter March Madness championship. His account gained more than 100 new Twitter followers during the week-long tournament, organized by Fish On The Farm. De Vivo co-hosts FOTF’s Swimming Upstream podcast. The Marlins fan and father of two lives in Barranquilla, Colombia. He attributes the Cinderella ...