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Colombia struggles to keep pandemic at bay while protests continue

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Cartagena/Medellin, May 14 (EFE) .- Deaths from coronavirus in Colombia are close to 80,000 while the country goes through one of its worst social and political crises due to the protests against police violence.Colombia added 19,160 cases and 499 deaths on Thursday, with 3,067,879 infections and 79,760 deaths in one of the most critical moments of the health emergency due to the high occupancy of intensive care units (ICU).(Camera: RICARDO MALDONADO / LUIS EDUARDO NORIEGA A )SHOT LIST: VACCINATION DRIVES IN CARTAGENA AND MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA.

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