Quarantine in Bogotá: take into account the restrictions the city has from this Friday

Despite the demand from certain sectors to end the quarantine that begins this Friday in Bogotá, the administration has decided maintain restrictive measures as the city continues to face the third peak of the pandemic, which has been the most serious to date. Mayor Claudia López indicated that Bogotá would continue to apply restrictive measures of three-day curfew and quarantine that began at midnight on Thursday.

According to figures from the Bogotá Health Observatory “Saludata”, the general intensive care occupancy is 89.6% and in the case of the COVID ICU it is 91.4%. With this information, the District determines that the occupation has remained stable over the past few days, which is why they will continue with the restrictive measures, in addition, considering that it is very likely that in two weeks, due to the marches , there may be a considerable increase in the number of positive cases.

“This is considered by epidemiologists to be the most critical moment of the pandemic and there are still two weeks to reach the climax of this third peak of covid-19 ″the District explained.

With that in mind, From 12:59 p.m. on Thursday April 29 until Monday May 3 at 4:00 a.m., citizens of Bogota are subject to a general quarantine measure., thus maintaining the 4 x 3 pattern (four days of new normal for three days of general quarantine).

In addition, the measure of curfew also still standing between 8 p.m. and 4 a.m. the next dayFor this reason, the District requests that essential and non-essential stores close at 7:00 p.m., so that its workers can comply with the measure.

the woodpecker and cedula it is also still in force in the city. Keep in mind that ID cards ending in 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 may go out to stock up or perform procedures on even days, while documents ending in 0.2, 4, 6 and 8 can do it on odd days. .

The measure of DRY law it also remains until May 9Therefore, the sale of alcoholic beverages is only allowed by address. In the same way, face-to-face lessons are excluded in gardens, schools, public and private universities until May 10.

If you want to exercise on the street, keep in mind that He is only allowed to engage in physical activity for one hour and in accordance with all biosecurity protocols like the use of masks and social distancing. Remember that Sunday bike path does not work Until further notice from the authorities.

Government Secretary Luis Ernesto Gómez insisted the restrictions also apply for Saturday 1st May, date on which International workers day.

This given that the unions and workers’ centers have announced demonstrations for that day. Before the day of the national strike of April 28, the president of the Central Workers’ Unit (CUT) of Colombia, Francisco Maltés, assured that on May 1 this union will march.

“Today, at midnight and until Monday at four in the morning, there will be a general quarantine in Bogotá. This implies a general restriction of the mobility of vehicles and people. Those who are on the streets, but who are not in one of the exceptions (…) would violate the general quarantine and would therefore be ready for sanctions and violations of the case.. This Saturday, May 1 is a day of general quarantine, ”said Gómez, announcing that the measures were maintained in the city.

This would also apply to those who plan to continue with the national strike protests. Although mobilisations have been set for April 28, some protests were presented on Thursday 29 and it is believed others could be presented on Friday.

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