In the last few hours, President Iván Duque, together with the Minister of Health, Fernando Ruíz, announced the elimination of the mandatory use of face masks for municipalities that have completed 70% of vaccination and at least 40% with booster doses.
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The measure will take effect from May 1. “This validates that to the extent that the municipalities take these steps in vaccination, they will also be able to advance in the de-escalation of these measures.Duke said.
With a cutoff date of March 29, they are 78 municipalities that they will no longer use the face mask in closed spaces:
Cabrera (Santander), Busbanza (Boyacá), Nilo (Cundinamarca), Carolina (Antioquia), Susacon (Boyacá), Villagómez (Cundinamarca), Sabaneta (Antioquia), Montebello (Antioquia), La Estrella (Antioquia), Soata (Boyacá) , Almeida (Boyacá), Somondoco (Boyacá), Boavita (Boyacá), Cerro San Antonio (Magdalena), Marulanda (Caldas), Pacora (Caldas), Venice (Antioquia), Alexandria (Antioquia), Finland (Quindío), Usiacurí ( Atlántico), Pachavita (Boyacá), Nariño (Cundinamarca), Abriaquí (Antioquia), Guacamayas (Boyacá), Duitama (Boyacá), Zipaquirá (Cundinamarca), Utica (Cundinamarca), Combita (Boyacá) and Mongua (Boyacá).
On the other hand, among the main cities, only Bogotá enters and they are left out of the measure. Medellin and Cali. Although both have completed 70% of their population with vaccination, they have not managed to reach the 40% of booster doses.
In the capital of Antioquia, 35% has been completed, while in the ‘sky branch’ it barely reaches 30%.
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In this sense, the municipalities that will not be able to lift the use of the mask are:
Obando (Valle del Cauca), Aguada (Santander), Guateque (Boyacá), Caldas (Antioquia), Concepción (Antioquia), Quebradanegra (Cundinamarca), Ulloa (Valle del Cauca), El Águila (Valle del Cauca), El Cairo ( Valle del Cauca), San Cayetano (Cundinamarca), Supatá (Cundinamarca), Olaya (Antioquia), Coromoro (Santander), La Victoria (Boyacá), Guatapé (Antioquia), Armenia (Quindío), Junín (Cundinamarca), Piedras (Tolima ), Genoa (Quindío), Manizales (Caldas), San Andrés (Archipelago), Circasia (Quindío), Contratación (Santander), Tinjacá (Boyacá), La Vega (Cundinamarca), Berbeo (Boyacá), San Mateo (Boyacá), Honda (Tolima), Caracolí (Antioquia), Suan (Atlantic), El Peñón (Cundinamarca), Viani (Cundinamarca), Firavitoba (Boyacá), Santa Lucia (Atlantic), Gutiérrez (Cundinamarca), Bogotá DC, Gama (Cundinamarca), Manta (Cundinamarca), Yotoco (Valle del Cauca), Beteitiva (Boyacá), Sativanorte (Boyacá), Bituima (Cundinamarca), Juan de Acosta (Atlántico), Chima (Santander), Viracacha (Boyacá), Topaip i (Cundinamarca) and Fusagasuga (Cundinamarca).
In addition, the health emergency will last until June 30, according to Duque. In turn, he announced the repeal of Decree 1615 of 2021, which eliminates the application for the vaccination card for public and private events massive in nature. In turn, it will not be necessary to enter bars, gastropubs, nightclubs, museums, libraries, sporting events and others.
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Finally, they will delete all the biosecurity measureswith the exception of those that pertain to health services.
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