Vaccine shipments to Valle del Cauca, Colombia, suspended due to riots

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The Minister of Health of Colombia, Fernando Ruiz, reported this Thursday that they suspended the shipment of vaccines against covid-19 to the department of Valle del Cauca, in the southwestern part of the country, until May 2, due to the riots that have occurred in Cali, the capital.

"We have made the painful decision to suspend scheduled shipments of vaccines to the department" of Valle del Cauca until Sunday, May 2, Ruiz wrote on Twitter.

This Thursday, the Ministry of Health announced the arrival of 549,900 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for the new coronavirus.

At the request of @SecreSaludValle justified by the severe impairment of public order, we have made the painful decision to suspend scheduled shipments of vaccines to the department until Sunday, May 2.

@MinSaludCol regrets the situation @infopresidencia

- Fernando Ruiz (@Fruizgomez) April 29, 2021

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• At least one person killed during protests in Cali, Colombia

Protests in Cali

The mayor of Cali, Jorge Iván Ospina, confirmed this Wednesday in a press conference that a person died in confusing events related to the protests against the tax reform proposed by the Iván Duque government, but did not give further details.

The mayor said groups outside of the peaceful protest committed vandalism.

Ospina added that this type of event "blurs" the reason for the protest.

"Unfortunately one person died in unclear events related to the demonstration," he added.

Protests