{"id":231337,"date":"2023-08-02T12:01:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T04:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=231337"},"modified":"2023-08-02T12:01:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T04:01:22","slug":"bolivia-announces-end-of-covid-19-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=231337","title":{"rendered":"Bolivia announces end of Covid-19 emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.mercopress.com\/data\/cache\/noticias\/95496\/0x0\/851455.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/en.mercopress.com\/data\/cache\/noticias\/95496\/760x480\/851455.jpg\" alt=\"Wearing face masks will be voluntary as of August, although their use in closed spaces and health centers to avoid respiratory infections, Arce explained.\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>LA PAZ, Aug 2 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) &#8212; Bolivia is shifting from a sanitary emergency to an epidemiological alert regarding Covid-19, it was reported in La Paz. \u201cToday Bolivia leaves behind the international sanitary emergency and enters a national epidemiological alert,\u201d President Luis Arce Catacora announced on social networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting Tuesday, the emergency is behind \u201cthanks to concrete actions\u201d such as the diagnosis and mass vaccination, in addition to the \u201cequipment of hospitals, the unity and solidarity of everyone,\u201d Arce also explained. \u201cUnity allowed us to leave the sanitary emergency and now we remain alert. What yesterday seemed impossible, today is a reality,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe must continue to apply biosecurity measures on a mandatory basis in health establishments, recommend the use of facemasks in closed environments, washing and disinfection of hands as a preventive measure to avoid contagions,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 10, 2020, Bolivia confirmed the first case of Covid-19. Until last Sunday, a total 1,206,450 infections were confirmed, including 22,399 deaths. Health authorities also said 9,463 were still active. &#8212; NNN-MERCOPRESS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LA PAZ, Aug 2 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) &#8212; Bolivia is shifting from a sanitary emergency to an epidemiological alert regarding Covid-19, it was reported in La Paz. \u201cToday Bolivia leaves behind the international sanitary emergency and enters a national epidemiological alert,\u201d President Luis Arce Catacora announced on social networks. Starting Tuesday, the emergency is behind \u201cthanks to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":231339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231337"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=231337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231340,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231337\/revisions\/231340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/231339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=231337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=231337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=231337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}