Colombia’s government has announced that its lockdown will be extended for another two weeks until May 11.
The country has so far managed to slow the rise of infections but already has more than 4,000 cases and almost 200 deaths.
But, as Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti reports, people are going hungry in Bogota.
With the local and the national government struggling to reach all those in need, many have resorted to hanging red rags from their windows to signal they need help.
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In This Story: Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a transcontinental country largely in the north of South America, with territories in North America. Colombia is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea, the northwest by Panama, the south by Ecuador and Peru, the east by Venezuela, the southeast by Brazil, and the west by the Pacific Ocean.
The capital is Bogotá, the country’s largest city. With over 50 million inhabitants Colombia is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse countries in the world. The Republic of Colombia was declared in 1886. Panama seceded in 1903.
Colombia’s territory encompasses Amazon rainforest, highlands, grasslands, and deserts, and it is the only country in South America with coastlines and islands along both the Atlantic and Pacific.