BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia will enter an era of “selective” quarantine when its five-month national coronavirus blockade ends in late August, President Ivan Duque said Monday, and will be one of johnson vaccine trials.
Restrictions at times and giant crowds will continue in September as the government assesses the spread of the virus, Duque said, as economic revival progresses with security protocols.
“September 1st begins a new stage in which we are turning the concept of mandatory administrative segregation with a large number of exceptions into a concept of selective isolation, estating, individual responsibility,” Duque said in his evening TV show.
Confirmed patients and coronavirus suspects have not yet been isolated, Health Minister Fernando Ruiz said in transmission.
The Andean country will also participate in Phase III vaccine trials with Johnson
“Colombia signed an agreement with (Johnson
The trial will feature 60,000 healthy volunteers worldwide, 18-60 year olds, who will get a dose of the singles vaccine, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Bogota, the capital, will complete a strict coronavirus quarantine in seven of its neighborhoods 4 days earlier than scheduled, as occupancy rates in extensive care sets (ICU) have fallen, the mayor said.
The capital, which is home to more than a third of the country’s more than 550,000 cases of COVID-19, has organized several rounds of strict closures in line with the neighborhood, even as national quarantine restrictions have eased.
The recent maximum tour scheduled to last until August 30, but will end on Wednesday.
“This Wednesday at midnight, all community-friendly quarantines will be completely over,” Mayor Claudia Lopez said at a virtual press conference.
ICU occupancy peaked at 93. 2% by the end of July, while 77. 6% of housing was occupied on Sunday.
More than 17,600 more people in Colombia died from COVID-19.
(Report via Julia Symmes Cobb and Luis Jaime Acosta; Editing via Christopher Cushing)
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