BOGOTA, March 21, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Colombia will go into compulsory general
confinement from Tuesday until April 13 to stop the spread of the new
coronavirus, President Ivan Duque announced Friday.
“As part of the state of emergency, we will apply compulsory preventive
isolation for all Colombians from next Tuesday,” he said in an address to the
nation.
Nearly half of the population are already taking part in a full-scale
isolation exercise from Friday to Monday midnight to test the effectiveness
of such measures.