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Largest cities in Colombia reverse reopening as coronavirus threatens to collapse healthcare
by Adriaan Alsema July 12, 2020
Colombia’s capital Bogota and the country’s second largest city, Medellin, will reinstate partial lockdowns as COVID-19 is threatening to collapse healthcare.
In Bogota, Mayor Claudia Lopez said Saturday that she will reinstate a rotating lockdown starting Monday in the hope that a reduction of people in the street will prevent a collapse of the capital’s healthcare system.
The mayor said she will maintain this partial lockdown until after the projected peak in Bogota has passed at the end of August. Residents in areas under lockdown will not be allowed to go to work.
Lopez said she would guarantee a universal basic income and food distribution in the locked down parts of the city.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/largest-cities-in-colombia-reverse-reopening-as-coronavirus-threatens-to-collapse-healthcare/
