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Through their social networks, the Mayor of Bogotá, Claudia López, noted that from the district authorities it is projected that Bogotá will present a new important peak of the contagion of covid-19 in the month of November
However, according to the president, it is expected that this new peak, and those to come, do not have the same level of risk which represented the first, which was exceeded according to the health authorities recently.
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According to López, “We will have high occupancy, but risk of collapse we hope not, that is the difference between the peak that we have already passed and those that may come”, by explaining that the past peak threatened to exceed the installed capacity of the ICU, which means a high risk for the capital since the failure to respond to the medical care needs would have translated into a higher mortality rate in the city because of the virus.
It is possible that occupation in November will rise again, but that difficult moment in which we were afraid that the health system would collapse is over. We will have high occupancy, but risk of collapse, we hope not, that is the difference between the peak that we have already passed and those that may come. pic.twitter.com/g8SDreBrN9
– Bogotá Mayor’s Office (@Bogota) September 1, 2020
The president reiterated the importance of the self-care as the main strategy to mitigate viral spread, within the framework of the reactivation of the different economic sectors, and the lifting of the mandatory quarantine.
In recent days, with the reopening of the parks and the reactivation of the Sunday bicycle lane, Bogotá showed a high influx of citizens, some problems in compliance with biosafety measures, and crowds, which set off the alarms of the district administration.
With the reactivation of the different economic sectors, the restriction on the operation of religious temples, nightclubs, and gyms, although currently religious celebrations are allowed under the modality of self-cult, and the Mayor’s Office has arranged the possibility of enabling some gyms that can guarantee their operation under the open sky.
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It is important to note that, although In recent days, a lower number of new infections has been reported by the health authorities, and that the number of daily recovered exceeds that of new patients, it has also been reported that a lower daily average of tests analyzed has been performed.
Currently Bogotá has a total of 211,300 positive patients for coronavirus and health authorities have confirmed the death of 5,400 people.
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