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On the night of 15 March, the Health Ministry announced 11 new cases, bringing the total up to On the morning of 17 March, Colombia's Health Ministry confirmed 8 more cases. Pet owners were authorized to take animals outside for 20 minutes and one person per family could leave to purchase supplies.
They must remain in their residences except to stock up on food or access health or financial services. Government entities were instructed to make it easier for them to receive their pensions, medicines, healthcare or food at home. On 21 March, the Ministry of Health confirmed the first death from coronavirus in Colombia, a year-old man who worked as a taxi driver in Cartagena who died on 16 March and reportedly carried Italian tourists on his taxi on 4 March. According to authorities, the person started presenting symptoms two days later. Initially, COVID had been dismissed as the cause of his death as he had tested negative for coronavirus, however, his sister had tested positive for the disease.
After the patient's decease, the National Health Institute INS analyzed two tests from him, both of which were negative with one of those being taken improperly, but decided to keep the investigation open owing to his sister's condition. Eventually, the INS concluded that the taxi driver was her only possible source of contagion, therefore attributing his death to the new virus in spite of the laboratory evidence stating otherwise.
On 22 March, the Ministry of Health confirmed the second death linked to the virus, a year-old woman from Yumbo whose daughter had returned from Cuba on 2 March and reported to have had contact with two people from the United States, one of which had tested positive for coronavirus.
In addition to this, 21 new cases were reported, bringing the total up to On 26 March, only 21 new positive cases were confirmed, which represented a decrease from previous days when over 90 positive cases were reported.
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According to the INS, this decrease was due to damage to the machine that prepared the samples for processing and subsequent diagnosis of COVID, which affected the speed at which results were being produced. While the country was expected to have over 5, cases by 4 April according to initial estimates, the actual number by that day was just over 1, Under this rule, women can go out for essential tasks, like grocery shopping, on even-numbered days, while men can go out on odd-numbered days.
The following day, a year-old inmate at the same prison died as well and another one was confirmed to have tested positive for coronavirus, who would die on 17 April.
By 23 April, the outbreak at Villavicencio prison was reported to have extended to cases. International and domestic commercial flights would remain suspended until the end of May, as would inter-municipal transport. Individual exercise was also allowed. He also announced that more economic sectors would be allowed to re-open under strict protocols starting from 11 May: automobile, furniture, and clothing manufacturing industries, wholesale trade and certain retailers such as laundries, bookstores and stationeries.
Children aged 6—17 would be allowed to go outside three times a week for 30 minutes, with those aged 14 and under required to be accompanied by an adult who does not belong to a high-risk group people over 70 years old or with underlying medical conditions. In addition to that, municipalities without confirmed COVID cases would also be able to start re-opening their economic sectors, in coordination with mayors, governors and the national government.
Bars, dine-in restaurants, gyms, and clubs would remain closed, and massive events would remain forbidden. All permitted construction works with safety protocols in place could resume by 11 May, working from 10 a. Manufacturing companies with safety protocols in place could request permission to resume operations as early as 18 May, between 10 a. Residents of those sectors would be subject to a strict quarantine, only able to go out for essential tasks.
Street sales and outside physical activity were prohibited in the area. These zones were to be monitored by health authorities for two weeks. That same day, the National Health Institute reported new confirmed cases on its daily report, raising the total of confirmed cases to 10, Moreover, the institution reported that 4, tests were processed that day, and over , tests had been processed since the start of the outbreak in March.
With Mother's Day in Colombia being celebrated on the second Sunday of May 10 May in and given that the holiday is considered a critical one by authorities due to the high consumption of alcohol, gatherings and brawls, several departments and municipalities decreed curfews and prohibition of the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages ley seca within their jurisdictions for the weekend between Friday night and Monday morning to prevent further spread of coronavirus as well.
On 14 May the National Government, through a decree issued by the Ministry of Interior, ordered the governor of the Amazonas Department as well as the mayor of Leticia the closure of every opened economic activity in the municipality and the department except for the ones strictly necessary for health, supply and essential services and declared a lockdown for that specific zone of the country until 30 May.
This decision was reached due to the fast spread of coronavirus in the Amazonas Department since the confirmation of the first positive case in the department on 17 April, with confirmed cases and 90 out of every 10, inhabitants being diagnosed with COVID On 17 May, a humanitarian flight arrived in Colombia with Colombian nationals. Due to travel restrictions, they had been stranded in other countries on four continents. Upon returning to Colombia, they were required to isolate for 14 days.
I had to wait for change for 5 minutes and as a result, I was the last one to board. Also on October 19, Colombia reported 9, recoveries. No line at check in but a long line at security at Newark. On October 19, Colombia reported a total of 29, deaths from coronavirus, which was a daily increase of reported deaths from the previous day on October Jeff on June 6, at am.
People over 70 would have to remain isolated until 30 June. On 23 May, the INS reported a total of 20, confirmed cases of COVID and 1, new cases on its daily report, being this the first time the country reported over 1, infected people in 24 hours since the confirmation of the first case on 6 March. On 28 May, a further extension of the national lockdown in place since March until 1 July was announced. At the same time, more businesses such as hairdressers and barbers, as well as malls would be allowed to reopen from 1 June, at the discretion of local mayors, while allowing more freedom of movement in some parts of the country.
The decision was reached given that the zone had over 2, positive cases for COVID, the highest number of cases in the city. All exemptions to leave the locality were rescinded, except for essential tasks. All economic sectors that had resumed activities in Kennedy were also suspended, as well as every outside physical activity. On 2 June Colombia reported 40 new deaths, with which the country exceeded the figure of 1, deaths from COVID, reaching a total of 1, The alert meant that, starting from 16 June, the District through its Regulatory Center for Urgencies and Emergencies CRUE in Spanish would officially take over administration and control of all ICU units in both public and private hospitals, and would refer COVID patients requiring a unit to them according to proximity and availability criteria.
They also argued they were being discriminated by the Government by being singled out as a special group and protecting them against their own will, thus negating their autonomy to make decisions regarding their own protection. On 21 June, the Health Ministry reported deaths in the last 24 hours, being the first time Colombia recorded daily deaths since the start of the pandemic.
Five municipalities concentrated On the other hand, municipalities were already without active cases, those having either recovered or died. During the previous week, the pandemic had accelerated with the country reporting 10, cases in just four days, having taken two months to report that same amount at the start of the pandemic. Moreover, the case fatality rate per million inhabitants increased fourfold from 8 May, going from 9 to The reopening of economic sectors would still be subject to the discretion of local authorities, while pilot programs to test the reopening of additional sectors such as restaurants and places of religious worship were announced to be held in municipalities with low numbers of coronavirus infections.
On 1 July the Ministry of Health reported 4, new cases out of 18, processed samples, with which Colombia exceeded the figure of , positive cases for COVID, reaching a total of , Based on this, he announced that the Government would lodge an appeal against the ruling.
According to the President, as of that day out of the country's 1, municipalities had not reported any COVID cases, while had low infection rates and a further had not reported cases in the last three weeks. The medication, primarily used to treat parasite infestations, was reported to have been used in Ecuador, Peru, and Cuba with positive results. After the announcement by mayor Ospina, it was reported that citizens in Cali headed to drugstores to buy ivermectin, leading authorities and health experts to tell citizens to not self-medicate themselves.
In case of a holiday falling on Monday, that day would also be included in the periods of closure. The companies with which those agreements had been signed were reported to be Pfizer and AstraZeneca , which at the time was developing a vaccine along with Oxford University. According to the minister's estimate, six million people were expected to be vaccinated in a first stage, and in addition to twose two agreements, Ruiz stated that the country would be looking to reach agreements with at least three other companies. On 20 August, an outbreak at a nursing home in Manizales was discovered with 74 elderly people testing positive for COVID following an index case detected on 17 August, with the ensuing epidemiological fence and quick tests also confirming 11 residents testing negative, 12 positive cases among the place's workers, and nine others pending a result.
One of the infected adults had to be taken to an intensive care unit while others had to be isolated in hotels at the city. Polo Mendoza, who had been fighting against the disease for some weeks, was also confirmed to have underlying pathologies such as hypertension which made his recovery harder. According to the Colombian government, this decision was reached since most of the country's main cities were experiencing a plateau in their contagion curves and some others had already started a downwards trend in their numbers of new cases and deaths, which would allow to accelerate the economic reactivation of the country.
Concerts, sporting events, and others that can cause massive crowds of people would remain forbidden, as well as the consumption of alcohol in public places, while local rulers would be able to retain the power to maintain some control measures, mainly in the cities with the greatest impact. However, President Duque pointed out that the health emergency which was also in place in the country would be extended until 30 November. S vaccine, developed by Janssen Pharmaceutica. The clinical trials were scheduled to take place in September , once the report on the previous stages of the vaccine was available.
In this announcement, Ruiz added that a confidentiality agreement to allow the country access to the vaccine had already been signed. It remained unclear whether outdoor amusement parks would be legally permitted. The passenger started showing symptoms in the evening of the same day of the trip, and was admitted to a hospital three days later as his condition worsened, testing positive and passing away shortly afterwards. Following the discovery, health authorities in Cartagena proceeded to track all passengers of the flight as well as all possible close contacts who might have been within 2 metres of the patient to perform an epidemiological fence and further tests if required.
By that day, there was a sharp drop in the number of confirmed daily infections, despite the fact that the average number of daily tests carried out was maintained between 20, and 25, PCR and between 7, and 10, antigen ones , with the health authority reporting on 7 September 5, new infections in the last 24 hours, after 21, PCR tests and 8, antigen tests were processed, while in the revious three days over 8, infections were reported on average, thus signaling a decreasing trend. Daily deaths also dropped, going down to that day and going back to levels reached one or two months prior.
On 10 September, Health Minister Fernando Ruiz made an analysis of the situation of the pandemic in the country six months after its onset. According to Ruiz, the pandemic has developed in the country in a similar way to that of the rest of the world, and identified four moments according to the degree of affectation of the different cities of the country. Finally, there would be a last moment involving very dispersed areas of the country as well as small municipalities where the impact had been very low until then.
In mid-September, it was known that Senator Carlos Fernando Motoa petitioned the National Institute of Health to explain the reasons for the decline on the number of daily tests taken, which were sharply decreasing in the most recent weeks in spite of the fact that the country had the capability to perform 50, daily tests. The entire weekend in locked down curfew here begins to make one feel as trapped as you feel or worse. Once again I apologize for typos. This keyboard was not meant for human adult hands and my eyesight is failing due to advanced age. Sucks to get old.
Buses are operating between cities but you need permission as a passenger, such catching a humanitarian flight with a ticket. Ron… thank you for the well wishes…it does suck everywhere, some places more than others… we have been fairly lucky here in Canada, it is fairly well under control. I think like most places, controls are only as good as the willingness of people to comply. I have friends from Toronto Stranded here since April. This ia so bizarre. Hunker down and stay put is my best suggestion.