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President Ivan Duque Extends Colombia’s COVID-19 Emergency Until November 30

"We want to inform the country that a new phase begins on September 1, where we change the concept of Mandatory Preventive Isolation, with a significant number of exceptions, to having a concept of Selective Isolation, distancing and individual responsibility," said President...

Posted OnAugust 25, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

Colombia, USA Announce Bilateral Investment & Rural Development Pact

US DFC CEO Adam Boehler and US National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien joined Colombian President Iván Duque to announce the launch of the US-Colombia Growth Initiative to strengthen US-Colombia bilateral cooperation while leveraging US government resources to create economic...

Posted OnAugust 18, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

Little Caesars Pizza Coming To Colombia

Global pizza chain Little Caesar's is coming to Colombia. The first two restaurants in Bogotá will be located in the San Cipriano and Prado Veraniego neighborhoods of Suba, on the capital city's far north side.

Posted OnAugust 6, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

Ecopetrol, Universities Launch Cosmetic Palm Oil Development Initiative

The initiative seeks to diversify the country’s economy, spur industrial innovation, and promote Colombia’s palm oil industry that enjoys significant sustainability and social advantages over other global palm-oil producing regions.

Posted OnJuly 30, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

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QuestCap Social Impact Investors Take 28% Stake In Colombian Health Clinic Sanaty IPS

The company will also have an option to acquire an additional 10% equity interest in LCP Barbados from Latin-Canada Pharma within 60 days following the closing of the transaction by paying USD$600,000 to the shareholders of Latin-Canada Pharma Inc.

Posted OnJuly 29, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

Ivan Duque photo credit César Carrión of the Presidencia de la República

Colombian Coronavirus Curfew, Lockdown & Quarantine Extended Until September

President Ivan Duque indicated that the mandatory isolation, which was set to expire this Saturday, August 1, has been extended to August 30, but with different restrictions depending on whether municipalities are low, medium or highly affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Posted OnJuly 29, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

Pideka SAS / Ikänik Farms Selling Cannabis Oil In Colombia For Human, Veterinary, Research Uses

Ikänik Farms says that it has obtained all required pharma and agronomic certifications, enabling it to be the first in Colombia to complete a seed to "commercial sale", for use in the pharmaceutical form known as formula magistral.

Posted OnJuly 28, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

The above IHME map shows the mean value (across the 1,000 regressions that IHME runs in its SEIR model) of effective reproductive number, R, on June 9. Infections on June 9 roughly correspond to cases of COVID-19 on June 20 given the average duration of 11 days between infection and being reported as a case. Where this value is greater than 1, it means that every person infected with COVID-19 will produce more than one additional infected person. To successfully eliminate a disease from a population, R needs to be less than 1. The map shows that on June 9 in many parts of the world, R was lower than 1, including many parts of North America, Europe, Africa, India, Australia, and New Zealand. Locations that are showing effective R values greater than 1, which means that the number of cases of COVID-19 in the population is growing, include several states in India, the US, Mexico, and Brazil, as well as many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, such as Argentina, Chile, and Indonesia. Several countries in the Middle East, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Yemen, as well as Turkey and Iran, also had R values greater than 1 as recently as two weeks ago.

Up To 81,942 May Die In Colombia From COVID-19 Says University of Washington Institute

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington is forecasting nearly 388,300 people will die from COVID-19 in Latin American and Caribbean nations by October 1. Brazil is expected to exceed 166,000 deaths and Mexico 88,000. Six other...

Posted OnJune 29, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

Colombian Pork Exports Begin To The Ivory Coast and Hong Kong

Colombian pork exports begin this weekend, with the shipment of 25 tons to Hong Kong and 25 tons to the Ivory Coast, from the port of Cartagena.

Posted OnJune 17, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

Colombia’s science minister, Dr. Mabel Gisela Torres

Colombia’s Science Minister Announces $64 Million USD Funding For 88 Regional Biology Laboratories

Dr., Mabel Gisela Torres announced an allocation of over $64 million USD to biology laboratories in 27 Colombian departments for upgrades, training, and other enhancements to facilitate research and fight disease.

Posted OnMay 18, 2020

, ByLoren Moss