Cundinamarca will have a general quarantine for the next two weekends



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Girardot, Fusagasugá, Facatativá and Zipaquirá will enter into total confinement this Friday at 8:00 pm while the other 112 municipalities will have this restriction from this Saturday, also at 8:00 pm

This Wednesday, Nicolás García, governor of the department, announced that there will be a general quarantine in Cundinamarca during the coming weekends. Four municipalities will be confined from Friday night, while the others will begin the quarantine on Saturday.

According to García, the decision was agreed with the Ministries of Health and the Interior. Thus, the restriction will work as follows: Girardot, Fusagasugá, Facatativá and Zipaquirá will enter into strict quarantine this Friday, January 22, at 8:00 p.m., and will end it on Monday, January 25 at 5:00 a.m.

On the other hand, the 112 remaining municipalities will begin the quarantine on Saturday, January 23, at 8:00 p.m., and will also end on Monday, January 25 at 5:00 a.m. In addition, the night curfews between 8: 00 pm and 5:00 am will be in force throughout the department as of next week.

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“In Cundinamarca today we have 86% ICU occupancy. We have had a slight decrease in the rate of daily infections. However, we must make all possible efforts to reduce contagion as much as possible and we can not only have a greater availability of ICU beds for the people of Cundinamarca but also for the entire region ”, said the governor through a video.

Last weekend, there was also a general quarantine, but this only governed three municipalities: Girardot, Fusagasugá and Facatativá. According to data from the Government, throughout the pandemic the department has registered 84,443 cases of COVID-19, of which there are 5,244 active.

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