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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 Vaccination Plan. Coronavirus infections and deaths The latest surged knocked down healthcare in the citi...

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 August 19, 2020 with the initial peak of the pandemic. Equally worrisome of the spike in new infectio...

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 the afternoon. Colombia, one of the worst affected Latin American countries, has an overall caseload ...

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. Authorities in Medellin and Barranquilla were forced to impose a 24-hour curfew until early Tuesday afte...