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After almost two and a half hours of meeting with the National Epidemiological Committee, where the behavior of the second peak of the covid-19 virus was evaluated, Mayor Claudia López announced new restrictions in Bogotá yesterday. Those decisions are in addition to those that are already being applied.
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So things, From Friday, January 15, at 8 p.m., Bogotans will have to lock themselves in their homes and stay there until 4 a.m. on Monday 18, with the exception of essential activities that have been allowed in previous quarantines.
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Among them are the mobility of health and security and surveillance personnel, the transport of food, medicines and the care of minors, the elderly or people with disabilities. You can also go out for physical activity for an hour and take the pet out.
In essence, the exceptions are the same that were applied last weekend, during the four days of total restriction of mobility that the city had on the holiday bridge.
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The other measure is the declaration of strict sectorized quarantine for six new towns. These are: Bosa, Ciudad Bolívar, Puente Aranda, Rafael Uribe Uribe, San Cristóbal and Usme. These areas, with about 3 million inhabitants, They will be in quarantine from 0 am on Monday January 18 until 11:59 pm on Thursday 28 of the same month.
These new measures are in addition to the quarantines sectored in Suba, Usaquén and Engativá -which end the confinement next Sunday at midnight-, Kennedy and Fontibón, which began the restriction yesterday and will remain so until Thursday 21st, and Teusaquillo -which if Well, the quarantine also began yesterday, it will end on Sunday, January 18, with the first group of towns. In total, these six towns have approximately 4 million inhabitants.
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Equally the dry law, the peak and ID to enter commercial establishments (with the exception of those considered essential) and the peak and license plate for vehicles are maintained.
According to the National Institute of Health (INS), 3,001 positive cases were presented yesterday, for a total accumulated in the pandemic of 525,622. With a cut-off to January 11, according to the Saludata website, there were 48,650 active cases in the city and the intensive care units (ICUs) had an occupation of 91.7 percent and the exclusive covid-19 of the 93.5 percent.
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The president explained that, anyway, those who need to leave or enter the city can do so. But those who arrive and reside in the capital must immediately go home and comply with isolation.
During the announcements, López called the attention of Bogota households and asked them not to hold any kind of extended family reunions (cousins, nephews, grandparents, uncles), but only with the narrow circle with which they live every day.
In those meetings, he assured, is where the greatest number of infections is occurring. “Not only do I beg Bogota families to comply with the quarantine, to stay home and return early, but to avoid any social encounter beyond the narrow circle with which they live (…) because there is a risk of transmitting the virus, ”said the president, who explained that of the 6,000 daily outbreaks that occur, 5,000 are among extended families. “They are becoming infected between families,” said the mayor.
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For his part, the Secretary of Health, Alejandro Gómez, pointed out that the second spike of contagion should pass this week. “If the last social event that generated greater risks and increased contagion was on December 31, we are in the week with the greatest demand for intensive care,” said the official.
Gomez also said that decisions are being made in the hospital network, in order to create space for patients who need an intensive care unit.
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