'May the quarantine work': Bogota's emergency services swamped by COVID-19


  • World
  • Friday, 17 Apr 2020

A demonstrator wearing a face mask holds a carton of broken eggs during a protest demanding government food aid for the poor, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bogota, Colombia April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

BOGOTA (Reuters) - In the 14 years he has worked on ambulances, Dr. Carlos Barragan got used to attending up to three calls during his 12-hour shift, often traffic accidents.

Coronavirus changed that.

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