Colombia discards new COVID lockdown as new surge continues
January 11, 2021
Colombia’s vice-president ruled out a second lockdown on Sunday as the coronavirus is threatening to collapse healthcare while the government is trying to reactivate the economy.
The mayors of the capital Bogota and Medellin, Colombia’s second largest city, have locked down their cities for the duration of the ongoing long weekend to prevent a hospital collapse.
According to Bogota Mayor Claudia Lopez, the country is in the beginning of a second wave of coronavirus infections that is already causing more reported infections than the initial wave in September.