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Medellín will no longer be mandatory to use face masks in public spaces - Medellín - Colombia

In Medellín, the mask will no longer have to be used in public spaces, confirmed the mayor, Daniel Quintero.

“That is thanks to the fact that the city already has more than 70% of its citizens vaccinated with the two doses (against covid-19). We have 84% of citizens vaccinated with both doses and what it means is that we free ourselves from the mask”, said the local president.

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“I invite the citizens of Medellín to go out into the street, to smile, to see their smile, to breathe, to walk the street with happiness. We have overcome the hardest stage of the pandemic and we have done it together,” added Quintero.

Currently, in the capital of Antioquia, 4,500,689 doses have been applied against covid-19. Of these, 1,613,081 correspond to third doses.

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Attention: From today the use of masks in public space in Medellín will not be mandatory. We have overcome the hardest stage of the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/JUMZ7r1Bpo
– Daniel Quintero Calle (@QuinteroCalle) February 23, 2022

Where should the mask be used in Medellín?

Although the resolution to the announcement made by the President of the Republic, Iván Duque, is awaited, it is estimated that in Medellín and in the other municipalities the mask should be used in closed establishments such as shopping centers, universities, schools, the Metro, buses, cinemas and theaters, among others.

Other Antioquian municipalities included in the measure

Other municipalities in the Aburrá Valley that also exceed 70 percent of those vaccinated against covid-19 and that can stop using the mask in public spaces are Envigado, Sabaneta, La Estrella and Caldas. This means that in this metropolitan subregion, it is still requested that masks be worn in Itagüí, Bello, Copacabana, Giradota and Barbosa.

They are also free to wear face coverings in outdoor or public spaces:

Jardín, Betulia, La Pintada, Caramanta, Ciudad Bolívar, Tarso, Venecia, Angelópolis, Pueblorrico, Montebello, Hispania and Támesis, in the southwest of Antioquia.

For its part, in Eastern Antioquia: Rionegro, Guatapé, San Francisco, Algeria, La Unión, Cocorná, San Luis, Abejorral, La Ceja, Alejandría and Concepción.

Meanwhile, in the West: Giraldo, Anzá, Olaya and Caicedo.

Finally, in the North and Northeast: San José de La Montaña, Carolina, Don Matías, Entrerríos, Briceño and Cisneros.

We have been an example in vaccination in our department, the figures prove it: more than 90% of our population with a complete schedule.
From this moment on, the use of face masks is not necessary in open spaces in our municipality.
– Braulio Espinosa Márquez (@braulioEMarquez) February 23, 2022

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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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Bucaramanga eliminates mandatory use of masks in public spaces - Santander - Colombia

Juan Carlos Cárdenas at the Santurbán march.

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Taken from Twitter Juan Carlos Cárdenas.

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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Hong Kong to Begin Mandatory Coronavirus Testing of All Citizens Beginning Next Month

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam says the semi-autonomous Chinese city will begin mandatory COVID-19 testing of its 7.5 million people next month.

Lam told reporters Wednesday that Hong Kong will boost its testing capacity to one million tests per day by next month, and that residents will be tested three times during March. She also said the city is aiming to boost its vaccination rate to 90% by next month.

The Asian financial hub is struggling to cope with a surge of new coronavirus cases driven by the highly contagious omicron variant. Since the start of 2022, Hong Kong has recorded more than 53,000 COVID-19 cases and 145 deaths. The surge has pushed the city’s health care system to the point of collapse, with thousands of patients being treated outside public hospitals in the rain and chilly weather. The city is rushing to build isolation facilities to house thousands of coronavirus patients, including the conversion of public housing estates and indoor sport centers.

An analysis conducted by researchers at the University of Hong Kong predicts the city’s infection rate could soar to 180,000 new cases a day by early next month, with the number of deaths rising to more than 3,200 by mid-May.

Despite the rising numbers of new coronavirus cases, Lam said Hong Kong will continue pursuing a “zero COVID” strategy, similar to that of mainland China, which aims to completely eliminate coronavirus outbreaks.

Lam also said Hong Kong will move the annual school holiday season held from July through August to March and April so school buildings can be converted into testing, isolation and vaccination centers. She also extended a fight ban on at least eight nations classified as high risk, including Britain and the United States, until April 20.

South Korea’s drug regulatory agency announced Wednesday that it has approved the use of Pfizer’s two-dose COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11, the first to be approved for that age group. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said the vaccine was found to be nearly 91% effective in preventing the virus in that age group.

South Korea is also dealing with an omicron-driven surge of new coronavirus cases, with the Korean Disease Control and Prevention Agency reporting 171,452 new COVID-19 infections Wednesday, setting a new one-day record.

Some information for this report came from The Associated Press and Reuters.

Hong Kong Orders Mandatory COVID-19 Tests for All Residents

HONG KONG —

Hong Kong will test its entire population of 7.5 million people for COVID-19 in March, the city’s leader said Tuesday, as it grapples with its worst outbreak driven by the omicron variant.

The population will be tested three times in March, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said.

She said testing capacity will be boosted to 1 million a day or more.

“Since we have a population of some 7 million people, testing will take about seven days,” she said.

Hong Kong has reported about 5,000 new daily infections since Feb. 15, with the cases threatening to overwhelm its healthcare system. Since the current surge began at the beginning of the year, the city has recorded nearly 54,000 cases and 145 deaths.

The order for citywide testing comes after mainland Chinese authorities dispatched epidemiologists, health workers and other medical resources last week to help contain the outbreak in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.

Hong Kong has largely aligned itself with mainland China’s “zero-COVID-19” policy, which aims to totally stamp out outbreaks, even as many other countries are shifting their approach to living with the virus.

Lockdowns of entire cities have been imposed in a number of areas of the mainland, but Lam said no such measure is currently being considered in Hong Kong because it is “not realistic.”

She also denied that the central Chinese government is giving instructions to Hong Kong on how to handle the epidemic.

“I reiterate that the central government never issued any instructions on our anti-epidemic work,” she said. “The central government will offer support as needed or upon our request, but of course we will always exchange our views.”

The “zero-COVID-19” strategy means that Hong Kong authorities often take measures such as locking down residential estates for mass testing when positive cases are detected, imposing strict quarantine requirements on travelers and ordering the shuttering of businesses.

The rapid surge of infections in the city has threatened to overwhelm its healthcare system.

Health officials said last week that hospitals were already at 90% of capacity and isolation facilities were full. People who test positive for the virus in Hong Kong must either be admitted to a hospital or a quarantine facility.

Lam acknowledged on Tuesday that the city’s isolation facilities are “severely inadequate” and that it is “working very hard with the full support of the central authorities” to build more.

Current social-distancing measures, such as a ban on dining at restaurants after 6 p.m. and the closure of businesses such as gyms and bars, will be extended until April 20.

“This is not good news to the sectors affected, but really at this stage of the pandemic we have no choice but to take these measures,” Lam said.

She said the city hopes to boost its vaccination rate to 90% by early March.

Other measures announced Tuesday include ending the school year early and moving the normal July-August summer holidays forward to March and April so that schools can be turned into facilities for testing, isolation and vaccination.

Flight bans from countries classified as high risk, including Australia, Canada, India, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Britain and the U.S., will be extended to April 20.

Masks are no longer mandatory in Spain on the street

The Council of Ministers will approve a royal decree next Tuesday that will eliminate the mandatory nature of masks outdoors, a measure that, “if all goes well”, will come into force two days later, on February 10, once it is published in the BOE

Covid in Spain: Masks are no longer mandatory on the street next Thursday

Several people walk through a street in the center of Oviedo. EFE/JL Cereijido/File

This was explained in statements to Efe by the Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, shortly before signing an agreement with AstraZeneca for the acquisition of 30,000 doses of the drug Evusheld, a monoclonal antibody aimed at improving the protection of immunocompromised people against covid-19. 19.

Health will thus carry out a new decree with which the imposition of masks in the open air will be eliminated, which will be published, “if all goes well”, in the BOE on Wednesday the 9th so that it can enter into force a day later.

Previously, the minister will give an account of the measure to the councilors in an Interterritorial Council of the National Health System that she has convened for Monday; the details of the standard are still being finalized, sources from her department tell Efe.

Masks are mandatory outdoors, unless individual sports are being practiced or in natural spaces, since last December 24; It was one of the measures that the Executive agreed with the regional officials at the conference of presidents held two days earlier to stop the advance of the sixth wave.

The decree that returned the imposition of face masks in open spaces – whose use had been relaxed in June 2021 due to the good evolution of the pandemic – was validated on Tuesday in Congress, not without little criticism from parliamentary groups.

Asked why the measure has been postponed for another week, Darias replied that it was adopted with the endorsement of the regional presidents at a time when there was “an exponential growth in cases due to the omicron variant and we had great uncertainty about how it would go.” to behave.”

And it is now, when three weeks of decline in all epidemiological indicators have been chained, when it has been decided to eliminate them outdoors, he added.

According to data provided yesterday by the Ministry of Health, the cumulative incidence of the coronavirus stands at 2,420 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, with continuous declines for two weeks. Last Friday it was at 3,078.

Daily infections are also being lower and hospital pressure is decreasing. All the indicators of the evolution of the pandemic confirm that the peak of the sixth wave has been overcome and its clear and daily decrease in all communities and age groups.

Hospital discharges outnumber new admissions and PCR positivity is also going down.

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