COLOMBIA
Bogotá.- This Wednesday, the Colombian Ministry of Health announced that there are 6 additional confirmed cases of coronavirus, which adds up to nine cases in the country so far. The new patients are in Bogotá, Medellín and Cartagena, according to a statement the Ministry published on its Twitter account.
In addition to this, Colombia decided to isolate people arriving from China, Spain, France and Italy in an attempt to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, which so far leaves nine people infected in the country, President Iván Duque said Wednesday. AFP reported.
HONDURAS
Honduras confirms first two cases of Covid-19
A woman and a man of Honduran nationality who returned to their country from Europe are the first cases of coronavirus in the country, the third in Central America to register infections of the disease, after Costa Rica and Panama, the Ministry of Health said on Wednesday. Honduran.
The infected woman is 37 years old and entered the country on March 5 through the San Pedro Sula airport, on a flight from Switzerland.
He presents a clinical picture of mild illness and has remained in home self-isolation, with medical surveillance since entering the country, the secretary said in a statement.
The 42-year-old man arrived in the country on March 4 through the Tegucigalpa airport, the Honduran capital, from Spain.
He arrived without symptoms but with the virus “in a state of management”, so he is hospitalized, although “clinically stable”.
The poverty in that country will almost ensure that it rips through there.
I visited Bogota many, many years ago and while it's a beautiful country, and has great sources of potential wealth, most people are dirt poor.