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Colombia struggling to ramp up COVID-19 vaccination ahead of mass campaign
March 11, 2021
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque insisted on Wednesday that his country’s mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign is on schedule, contradicting even himself.
In its daily report, the Health Ministry said Wednesday that more than 42,000 people have received vaccine shots in the previous 24 hours as authorities on all levels are ramping up vaccination efforts.
The arrival of major shipments of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine increased pressure to secure the timely and safe distribution of the vaccines to regional health authorities that are in charge in applying the shots.
Duque’s national vaccination plan
February 17, 2021
Colombia’s coronavirus vaccination drive kicks off on Wednesday with controversies over unreported vaccines and a highly infectious strain from Brazil.
The government of President Ivan Duque pushed the start of its National Vaccination Plan forward to Wednesday after allegedly receiving the first 50,000 vaccines from pharmaceutical firm Pfizer on Monday.
These vaccines will be distributed regionally depending on the number of first line healthcare workers per province, according to Health Minister Fernando Ruiz.
National Vaccination Plan schedule
“Chaotic” start of vaccination drive
The vice-president of the Colombian Medical Federation, Carolina Corcho, called the prioritization of Health Minister Fernando Ruiz “chaotic” and stressed the shots would vaccinate 25,000 people.
Colombia reinstates COVID restrictions during holidays
December 21, 2020
Mayors throughout Colombia are reinstating stay at home orders and curfews amid fears the holidays could trigger an uncontrollable coronavirus outbreak and collapse hospitals.
The measures follow a sharp increase in registered coronavirus infections and a surge in hospitalizations that threaten to collapse municipal healthcare facilities.
Bogota’s stay at home order
The mayor of the capital Bogota, Claudia Lopez, on Monday reluctantly reinstated a stay at home order that allows private enterprises like banks and supermarkets to only attend those who are allowed outside.
Lopez additionally insisted that those who want to spend Christmas with their families should enter a voluntary quarantine to prevent that these traditional family celebrations spark a new wave of COVID hospitalizations.
December 19, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that Colombia can begin a COVID vaccination program in February as coronavirus infections reached a record high.
Health Minister Fernando Ruiz made the same announcement in President Ivan Duque‘s daily propaganda show on Friday, the day his department registered 13,277 new infections, the highest number since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
Registered daily deaths rose to 232, the highest number since September.
Hospitals throughout the country have reported being in crisis because of the recent surge in hospitalizations and local authorities have announced strict measures to prevent healthcare collapses.
Daily registered COVID infections