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BOGOTÁ AND LIMA – Colombia will extend the national quarantine for another two weeks, until next 25, to contain the transmission of the new coronavirus, President Iván Duque said Tuesday. He also announced that other economic activities, in addition to construction and factories, will be gradually restored.
It is the third time that the President has prolonged mandatory preventive isolation, initially declared from March 25 to April 12.
“Today, more than ever, we need to recover an increasingly productive living space, but we do so with the responsibility of continuing to protect life and health,” Duque said in a televised speech.
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Duque noted that some industrial sectors, car dealers, furniture stores, stationeries, bookstores and laundries, which comply with security protocols, may resume their activities.
“This shows that we are taking steps as a country, responsible for reviving our economy and, at the same time, saving lives and protecting health,” said Duque.
In addition, starting next Monday, young people between six and 17 years old will be able to leave their homes three times a week, for half an hour a day, in the company of an adult who is not part of the high-risk population. To date, according to the most updated data from Johns Hopkins University in the USA. In the USA, Colombia has more than 7,900 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with more than 350 deaths.
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Peru excludes classroom classes in 2020
Peru opted for a radical decision to try to face the pandemic. This Tuesday, Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra ruled out that colleges and universities may restart face-to-face classes later this year due to the magnitude of the Covid-19 crisis in the country, the second most contagious in South America, only behind from Brazil.
According to John Hopkings University, Peru has more than 47,300 people with the new coronavirus and more than 1,300 deaths.
– What is absolutely clear is that, in the short and medium term, the classes will not be face-to-face. They will still remain at a distance – said Vizcarra.
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The official reiterated that the education of school-age children and university students should be carried out through virtual classes on the internet, radio and television.
– Technical, university, initial and primary and secondary students will have to take long distance classes – he added during a virtual press conference.
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