Residents in Colombia’s capital Bogota must continue to practice social distancing and other preventive health measures in the wake of a recent spike in new Covid-19 cases, District Health Secretary Alejandro Gomez Lopez said.<\/p>\n

Bogota has seen a significant spike in Covid-19 infections and other acute respiratory diseases in the last two months, reports Xinhua news agency.<\/p>\n

“It is advisable to continue using a face mask in enclosed spaces, especially when we have respiratory symptoms. It is very important to continue frequent hand washing and to isolate patients with these conditions,” Gomez said.<\/p>\n

Bogota reported 7,179 Covid-19 cases at the end of June, 76 per cent increase over the previous month.<\/p>\n

Gomez added that the city has enough vaccines and vaccination sites, in addition to testing sites to detect the virus, to combat the spread of infection.<\/p>\n

Bogota has registered 1,804,112 confirmed Covid-19 cases since the onset of the pandemic in early 2020, the most of any other city in the South American country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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