Colombia reports 311 new infections of covid-19 this March 30

The Ministry of Health reported, this Wednesday, March 30, 2022, 311 new cases of covid-19 in Colombia. In the last 24 hours, 22,305 tests were processed, of which 7,284 are PCR and 15,021 are antigens.

The report also notes that 12 Colombians died of the disease on the last day. In this way, the country reaches a total of 139,607 deaths due to the virus since the start of the pandemic.

By aggregating all the figures, Colombia reached a total of 6,084,551 infections, of which 4,227 are active cases and 5,917,586 correspond to positive cases that have already managed to overcome the disease.

As for the regions with the most reported cases, Bogotá leads with 128 infected, followed by Santander with 33 infections and third Valle del Cauca with 28.

There are 178 conglomerates in the country. The territories are: Amazon, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlantic, Barranquilla, Bogota, Bolivar, Boyaca, Buenaventura, Caldas, Caqueta, Cartagena, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Choco, Cordoba, Cundinamarca, Guainía, Guaviare, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindio, Risaralda, San Andres, Santa Marta, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vaupés, Vichada.

This is how vaccination is going in the country

The most recent report from the Ministry of Health also indicates that as of 11:59 on Monday, March 28, 2022, a total of 80,649,211 doses of the vaccine against covid-19 had already been applied in Colombia

According to the same report, the number of Colombians with the complete vaccination schedule, that is, those who have already received the two doses of the biological, currently amounts to 28,427,048 people, while 6,329,180 people have been immunized with single doses. Likewise, 10,270,753 booster doses have been applied.

Similarly, during the last day, a total of 76,047 vaccines were applied, of which 22,054 were for the second injection, while another 4,154 were single-dose.

Speaking exclusively to Infobae Colombia, Adriana Escobar, an expert in labor law, explained that the problem for employers has not been solved since the start of the pandemic. Although Joint Circular 004 of 2022 made the period of isolation for symptomatic and asymptomatic persons more flexible, the issuance of this guideline does not establish who should bear the costs of isolation and disability.

“A situation that can directly affect employers, who will not receive reimbursement for disabilities and for workers access to medical care in a timely manner,” said the expert testimony for this media. Escobar explained that “when a worker files a solitary confinement order for contact with a person who has tested positive for Covid-19, he is not always granted a disability that regardless of its origin can be recovered to the Social Security System in Health.”

In this way, the expert indicated that it is necessary to make an urgent appeal to the National Government to find a balance between workers and employers. Ideally, alternatives should be available that alleviate employees' labor costs to ensure employment protection, especially in companies where resources are not sufficient to guarantee without further trauma the cost overruns generated by such isolations.

Escobar also argued that this situation arises due to the multiple changes in the standard, since all companies and employers, natural persons, have faced economic challenges, interpretation and implementation of administrative and regulatory measures for their particular case.

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