Bogota dismisses Duque's intention to relax Colombia's lockdown
Bogota dismisses Duque’s intention to relax Colombia’s lockdown
by Adriaan Alsema April 19, 2020
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque cannot count on the support of Bogota Mayor Claudia Lopez to relax the country’s quarantine at the end of this month.
In fact, if Duque would have his way and restrictions on much of the labor force would be lifted, Bogota’s healthcare system could collapse in a month, Lopez told weekly Semana.
“If they force us to open fully on April 27, by May 31 we could have 857 infected people in need of intensive care units (ICUs). `We only have 540 ICUs available,” Bogota’s mayor said. “In other words, we’d collapse the hospitals’ capacity.”
This could result in more than 500 deaths before the end of May in the capital alone, according to Lopez, Colombia’s most powerful official after Duque and a fierce critic of the president.
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