Colombia's capital lifts most coronavirus measures but says new outbreak inevitable

A Red Cross employee wearing a face mask talks to a passenger, after the Colombian government gave authorization to reactivate international flights, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bogota, Colombia September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Bogota, the Colombian capital, will lift most of the restrictions implemented to curb the spread of coronavirus, the mayor's office said on Monday, though it warned that a new outbreak in the city of 8 million is inevitable.

Bogota began quarantine measures in the second half of March, before the Andean country entered a nationwide lockdown to control the pandemic, which lasted through August.