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You can now happily walk through the Historic Center of Cartagena without a mask - Other Cities - Colombia

Tourists in Cartagena no longer wear masks

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Tourists in Cartagena no longer wear masks

Health authorities remind that the pandemic has not gone away.

Since March 1, locals and visitors to Cartagena are not required to wear face masks in outdoor spaces.

This is dictated by decree 0284 of February 28, 2022, signed by Mayor William Dau, which is added to the national decree, in which 451 municipalities, corresponding to 40.2 percent of the national territory that comply with more than 70 percent percent in complete vaccination, say goodbye to masks in public spaces.

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Plaza de Santo Domingo in Cartagena

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The District of Cartagena, incidentally, eradicated the early morning curfew that hit partygoers and bars so hard.

Be careful, the anticovid vaccination card is mandatory.

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The cities that say goodbye to the face mask in outdoor spaces are: Bogotá, which has 72.4 percent vaccination compliance; Medellín with 74 percent, Barranquilla (84.8 percent), Bucaramanga (77 percent) and Cartagena (71.4 percent).

However, the health authorities remind that the pandemic has not gone away.

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Today, in Cali you could stop wearing the mask outdoors - Cali - Colombia

Cali, according to the Secretary of District Health, Miyerlandi Torres Agredo, is about 7,000 biologicals from reaching the desired 70% of vaccination with second doses against covid-19, so that in open spaces there is no longer a need to use the face mask. .

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Torres pointed out that immunization with a complete schedule is at 69.3% and only 0.7% is missing to reach 70%. With two doses of biologicals against the new coronavirus there are 1,579,939 people. And with first doses, 1,932,981 people, 84.7%.

And it is that since the Ministry of Health, last week, announced the measure of removing the mask outdoors in municipalities that reach 70%, the health authorities of Cali launched a strategy to find those who are reluctant to vaccination in the neighborhoods, the night entertainment businesses, the Pance River, the market squares, among other places.

This is how the Ministry of Health of Cali began a race against time for the city to reach that goal.

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Torres said that the goal is to reach the homes of people who are reluctant to the vaccine. It was even decided to leave only five vaccination megacenters and prioritize efforts in immunization days in the territories.

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Capitol Ditches Mask Requirement Ahead of State of the Union

Washington —

Face coverings are now optional for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday, as Congress is lifting its mask requirement on the House floor after federal regulators eased guidelines last week in a rethinking of the nation’s strategy to adapt to living with a more manageable COVID-19.

Congress’ Office of the Attending Physician announced the policy change Sunday, lifting a requirement that has been in place for much of the past two years and had become a partisan flashpoint on Capitol Hill. The change ahead of the speech will avoid a potential disruptive display of national tensions and frustration as Biden tries to nudge the country to move beyond the pandemic.

The nation’s capital is now in an area considered low risk under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new metrics, which place less of a focus on positive test results and more on what’s happening in community hospitals. The new system greatly changes the look of the CDC’s risk map and puts more than 70% of the U.S. population in counties where the coronavirus is posing a low or medium threat to hospitals. Healthy people in those risk areas can stop wearing masks indoors, the agency said.

Mask-wearing will still be a personal choice in Congress and special precautions will be in place for Biden’s speech, which unlike last year’s joint address will be open to all members of Congress. All attendees will be required to take a COVID-19 test before entering the chamber ahead of Biden’s address.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced initial guidelines earlier this month from the Office of the Sergeant at Arms that included a threat that violation of guidelines for social distancing and mask wearing during the event would “result in the attendee’s removal.”

The new policy eases the fears of some Biden allies who had been gearing up for potentially disruptive protests from Republicans to the policies. Some GOP lawmakers have racked up thousands of dollars in fines for violating mask-wearing mandates on the House floor.

The relaxed guidance comes as Biden aims to use his remarks to highlight the progress against COVID-19 made over the last year, including vaccinations and therapeutics, and guide the country into a “new phase” of the virus response that is not driven by emergency measures and looks more like life pre-pandemic.

Seating for Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress, last April, was capped at about 200 — about 20% of usual capacity for a presidential presentation — and White House aides fretted that a repeat would be a dissonant image from the message the president aimed to deliver to the American people.

“I think you’re going to see it look much more like a normal state of the union than the president’s joint address,” White House chief of staff Ron Klain said Saturday. “It’s going to look like the most normal thing people have seen in Washington in a long time.”

The Capitol move comes just a day before Washington’s mask mandate expires on Monday, and as a host of states and local governments have begun implementing the new CDC guidelines and lifting mask-mandates indoors and in schools.

Caseloads across the country have dropped precipitously since their early January peak, with the omicron variant proving to be less likely than earlier strains to cause death or serious illness, especially in vaccinated and boosted individuals.

New York to Lift Statewide School Mask Mandate by March 2

ALBANY, N.Y. —
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Sunday that the statewide masking requirement in schools will be lifted by March 2.

In a briefing held in Albany, the Democrat cited declining COVID-19 cases and guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

She said counties and cities could keep their own mandates in place, and parents could still choose to send their kids to school in masks.

The new rules effective Wednesday apply to children 2 years and older in childcare facilities. New York State has 2.7 million schoolchildren, including about 1 million in New York City.

Earlier this month, Hochul let a broad mask mandate for most indoor settings expire, but said the schools’ requirement would remain in place. She had promised to revisit the schools question by the first week of March.

The broad mask mandate was implemented during a COVID-19 surge fueled by the omicron variant of the coronavirus in December.

Masks are still required in some places, including public transit.

In Cali they seek to reach 70% vaccination to remove the mask - Cali - Colombia

In the streets of Cali some people have already stopped wearing the mask.

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In the streets of Cali some people have already stopped wearing the mask.

The Cali Health Secretariat seeks to apply 40,000 doses during this weekend.

The Ministry of Health of Cali started a race against the clock so that the city reaches 70 percent of vaccination with second doses against covid-19 and thus the obligation to use the mask in open spaces can be lifted.

(You can read: The 17 municipalities of the Valley that say goodbye to the outdoor mask)

Miyerlandi Torres, Secretary of Health of Cali, affirmed that in the next few days they hope to reach that 70 percent and for this, during this weekend, they will seek to apply 40,000 vaccines.

Until last Wednesday, according to data from the Ministry of Health, 64.3 percent of Caleños had the complete immunization schedule. Torres said that the goal is to reach the homes of people who are reluctant to the vaccine. It was even decided to leave only five vaccination megacenters and prioritize immunization efforts in the territories.

In contrast, in 16 municipalities of the Valley it will be possible to stop using the mask in a mandatory way outdoors. The most judicious municipalities are Calima-El Darién,
Yotoco, Restrepo, La Victoria and Versalles.

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In 24 municipalities and in Cali and Buenaventura, the use of masks and biosecurity measures will be maintained.

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In the Medellín Metro it is still required to wear a face mask - Medellín - Colombia

They can deny entry to a person if they do not wear a mask.

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They can deny entry to a person if they do not wear a mask.

The measure applies to all services in the Aburrá Valley.

Although some users hoped that as of today, Thursday, it would no longer be necessary to wear a mask in the Medellín Metro, the transport company clarified that the measure continues. “In the Metro Network, you must continue to wear face masks”announced the company in all its social networks.

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“From the Metro we reiterate the call for co-responsibility, to continue implementing constant hand washing, to travel in silence and to use a mask, covering the nose, mouth and chin,” the company explained in a statement.

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Under this scenario, The measure is still in force on the lines of the system, metrocables, trams, Metroplús and feeder buses.

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In the Medellín Metro it is still required to wear a face mask - Medellín - Colombia

They can deny entry to a person if they do not wear a mask.

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Jaiver Nieto Álvarez / ETCE

They can deny entry to a person if they do not wear a mask.

The measure applies to all services in the Aburrá Valley.

(You may be interested: In Medellín, the mask will no longer be used in public spaces from today)

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Under this scenario, The measure is still in force on the lines of the system, metrocables, trams, Metroplús and feeder buses.

MEDELLIN

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The municipalities of the Valley where they can leave the mask - Cali - Colombia

While Caleños must continue to wear face masks in outdoor spaces, because 70 percent of vaccinations with complete schemes have not been reached, In 17 municipalities of Valle del Cauca, its inhabitants will already be able to be on the street without masks.

These populations, according to information from the Ministry of Health, are: Obando, El Cairo, El Dovio, Ulloa, Versalles, Riofrío, Calima, El Águila, Trujillo, La Victoria, Argelia, Bolívar, Yotoco, Toro, Restrepo, Guacarí and Seville.

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The Secretary of Health of Cali, Miyerlandi Torres, pointed out that in this city the conditions required to withdraw the use of mandatory face masks in outdoor spaces are not yet met.

“We have 83.5% coverage of first doses and 67.5% with two doses, for which it is necessary to make an effort during these next few days with the different actors of the system and achieve 70% so that in this way we can leave the mask in outdoor places,” said Torres.

The official announced that they hope to reach 70% in five days, and for this they will vaccinate again in massive events, in the market places, the Transport Terminal and Pance.

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In addition, to be more effective, from next March 1, only five vaccination mega-centers will be maintained because there has been no evidence of relevant assistance to these places, so the task will focus on bringing biologicals to territories to strengthen immunization. . “The aim is to strengthen extramurality and be in the territories where the people who have been reluctant to vaccination are. For this reason, it is necessary to be on the street again”, he specified.

Torres explained that “the megacenters will be left for the population that continues to arrive sporadically and spontaneously, with the application of between 500 and 600 doses per day, for which it is pertinent to maintain them.

The 5 megacenters that will be open from March 1 are La 14 de Calima, Pascual Guerrero Stadium, Premier Limonar, La 14 de Pasoancho and CC Comercial Unicentro.

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Regarding ‘herd immunity’, the Secretary said that today it is not possible to measure it. “We hope to have an immune population, not only around vaccination as an acquired immunity, but because of the peak we had in January, we surely have a population with natural immunity. The best immunity is the combined one that is given by contagion and vaccination,” she stated.

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Cali: the mask will continue to be mandatory in the city - Cali - Colombia

The decision of the Ministry of Health not to require the mask in open spaces as of this Wednesday does not apply in Cali because vaccination against covid-19, with complete schedules, is not 70 percent or more.

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The Secretary of Health of the capital of Valle del Cauca, Miyerlandi Torres, pointed out that in this city there are still The conditions required to remove the use of mandatory face masks in open spaces are not met.

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“We are at 83.6 percent coverage of the first dose and 67 percent with the complete scheme,” explained Torres.

In the last hours, the public health authority of Cali changed the vaccination strategy to increase its coverage. As of March 1, only five mega-vaccination centers will remain in Cali: La 14 in Calima, the Pascual Guerrero Stadium, Premier El Limonar, La 14 in Pasoancho and the Unicentro Shopping Center.

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The Secretary of Health pointed out that there has been no evidence of relevant assistance to the megacenters, so the task will focus on bringing the biologicals to the territories to strengthen immunization.

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“It seeks to strengthen extramurality and be in the territories where people who have been reluctant to vaccination are. For this reason, it is necessary to be on the street again,” Torres said, explaining that “the megacenters will be left for the population that continues to arrive sporadically and spontaneously, with the application of between 500 and 600 doses per day, for which it is pertinent keep them”.

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Use of the mask Bucaramanga: since the first of March it is lifted - Santander - Colombia

Juan Carlos Cárdenas at the Santurbán march.

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Juan Carlos Cárdenas in the Santurbán march.

The mayor of the city announced that there will no longer be a restriction.

After the announcement by President Iván Duque on the elimination of the use of face masks, The mayor of Bucaramanga announced that this will take place in the city from next March 1.

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“From March 1 it will not be compulsory to use of the mask in open spaces Bucaramanga. It’s great news. Thanks to the medical personnel, to all citizens for getting vaccinated and to the unions and businessmen who have fought so hard during the pandemic,” the president said.

The capital of Santander is one of the cities in which the vaccinated population exceeds 70%.

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The removal of the mask will be in public spaces, according to the city mayor.

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