Sad News! The Brazilian Covid Variant Finally Takes Life In Columbia

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JAKARTA - The Colombian government reported the first death case from the Brazilian variant of COVID-19 or P1. This case is known to occur in older adult patients.

"One case of variant P1 was found in an older adult in Bogota, who had a history of illness and did not travel. He was hospitalized and died on January 28, 2021," the Brazilian National Institute of Health said on Sunday, March 14.

Colombia reported its first case of the Brazilian variant of COVID-19 in January in the city of Leticia, in the Amazon region. Authorities suspended flights from the city to prevent the spread of a variant of COVID. However, this week the authorities announced they would open humanitarian transportation under strict COVID-19 rules.

The government hopes to have delivered one million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine by March 20, more than a month after the vaccination program began. Colombia reported 2.29 million COVID-19 infections and nearly 61,000 deaths.

The P1 variant, which emerged in the Amazon, is responsible for the second wave of the pandemic in Brazil's two most populous cities, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The two cities have tightened their COVID-19 regulations as hospitals in the region are facing a spike in cases.

Brazil has recorded more than 275,000 COVID-19 deaths, the highest in the world after the United States.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil threatens the health conditions of neighboring countries, such as Colombia.