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Colombia to Test Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 Vaccine in September

Medellin Herald August 25, 2020

Colombia Health Minister Fernando Ruiz announced August 24 that 60,000 volunteers here will participate in a test next month of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by U.S.-based health-care giant Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen subsidiary. “With this [Janssen] company we have been working for more

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Update: Antioquia Governor Now Free from Covid-19 Infection, Released from Hospital

Medellin Herald July 28, 2020

Antioquia Acting Governor Fernando Suarez announced August 4 via his Twitter account that he has now recovered from Covid-19 infection and released from hospital. Last week, the governor had suffered a “decrease in respiratory capacity as a result of the contagion with Covid and was preventively admitted to general hospitalization,” according to a press bulletin […]

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Low-Cost ‘InnspiraMED’ Ventilators to Debut in Patient Trials as Covid-19 Cases Mount

Medellin Herald July 12, 2020

The Medellin-based “InnspiraMED” consortium producing relatively low-cost ventilators for critical Covid-19 victims got a big boost July 11 when Colombia President Ivan Duque came to Medellin to see for himself these in-development technologies. According to “InnspiraMed” project coordinator Ruta N, “President Duque received information on the equipment delivery process

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Covid-19 Growth in Antioquia Prompts ‘Orange Alert,’ Cancellation of Non-Emergency Surgeries, Dentistry

Medellin Herald July 10, 2020

Acting Antioquia Governor Luis Fernando Suárez Vélez on July 9 issued an “orange alert” as growing Covid-19 cases have now grabbed 50% of intensive care unit (ICU) capacity in Antioquia. Following the alert, Antioquia Health Secretary Lina María Bustamante Sánchez ordered a department-wide restriction on non-emergency surgeries or dental work in order to ensure more […]

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Covid-19 Intensive Care Units, Ventilators Continue to Expand in Antioquia, Colombia

Medellin Herald July 1, 2020

Antioquia Acting Governor Luis Fernando Suárez announced June 30 that another 130 intensive care unit (ICU) beds will debut in Antioquia by July 11 to handle a potential future surge of critical Covid-19 victims. The latest expansion is part of a plan to have at least 909 ICU beds available over the coming weeks, with […]

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350 Health Professionals Get Training on Medellin’s Low-Cost Covid-19 Respirator Technologies

Medellin Herald June 12, 2020

The Medellin Mayor’s Office announced June 11 that 350 health professionals are now being trained on how to use new, relatively low-cost respirators developed by the ‘InnspiraMED” initiative for Covid-19 victims. “This training takes place prior to the delivery of low-cost mechanical respirators developed by the InnspiraMED initiative, which is articulated by [Medellin

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Seguros Sura Expands Novel Home-Care Testing, Recovery Programs for Covid-19

Medellin Herald May 21, 2020

Medellin-based insurance and health-network provider Seguros Sura announced May 21 that it’s expanding a novel home-care testing-and-recovery program for Covid-19 patients. “The company is a pioneer in this model that already operates in Antioquia, and from next week in Barranquilla, Cali and Bogotá, and then in other cities in the country,” according to Sura. The […]

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Telemedicine Moves to Forefront in Antioquia’s Battle Against Coronavirus

Medellin Herald May 21, 2020

Antioquia Governor Aníbal Gaviria Correa on May 20 hailed leadership by the “LivingLab-Telemedicina” patient-contact-and-testing center here in the continuing struggle to detect, contain and overcome Coronavirus. “LivingLab-Telemedicine is developing as one of the greatest successes in Antioquia in confronting the Coronavirus contingency,” Governor Gaviria said following a

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12,210 More Companies, 201,000 More People Back to Work May 11; Medellin Leads All Colombia in ‘Smart’ Covid-19 Controls

Medellin Herald May 10, 2020

The Medellin Mayor’s Office announced May 10 that starting tomorrow (Monday, May 11), 201,461 more people will return to work here at 12,210 companies newly meeting Health Ministry Covid-19 prevention protocols as well as registration in the high-tech “Medellin Me Cuida” program. Prior to May 11, Medellin and its neighbors in Valle de Aburrá already […]

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54% of Medellin’s Recent Coronavirus Patients Already Recovered So Far: Mayor’s Report

Medellin Herald April 18, 2020

The Mayor’s Office of Medellin announced April 17 that 100 of 183 confirmed cases of Coronavirus here have already fully recovered – a 54% recovery rate to date, with more recoveries expected. In total, 4,154 persons in Medellin suspected of having Coronavirus-like symptoms have undergone laboratory tests. “Of these, 3,669 have shown no infections, 302 […]