Análisis fáctico y jurídico de la pertinencia y extensión de las medidas preventivas adoptadas por el Gobierno Nacional colombiano para la contención de la emergencia sanitaria global producido por la COVID-19

Abstract

This work is limited to a specific date (11/04/2020), and its main objective was to analyze some of the measures adopted by the Colombian National Government to deal with the COVID-19 global health emergency. For this purpose, it was necessary to carry out an analysis from two points of view with the intention of having a broad understanding of the COVID-19 problem from the different facts occurred as a result of this pandemia and the solution that Colombian legal system proposes to deal with ir to this situation.

Given that COVID-19 is a global problem, the factual analysis sought to focus the issue from different topics, starting from 1) the difficulty in understanding the virus, moving to 2) the misinformation generated by public figures, both from the celebrity as well as the political leaders and the repercussions that their comments can generate in the understanding of the virus and the measures to deal with it, followed by 3) the multiplicity of measures adopted by the different world governments, in addition to the fact that there is no a clear and predictable way to deal with coronavirus, especially in the case of developing countries, such as Colombia.

Subsequently, it was analyzed how was the behavior of Colombia at two levels, Goverment and Nation, in order to deal with COVID-19 global pandemic, thus reviewing the various inconveniences that there were to face this problem.

Then, entering the legal field, it is intended to contrast with the Colombian legal system if the National Government was legitimated to establish the accumulation of measures adopted in the country, despite the fact that these have suffered great controversy among the Nation due to the effects adverse effects generated by them.

Finally, a general conclusion is made, starting from the factual and legal analysis, with the purpose of evaluating how the National Government and the Nation acted in order to face of the aforementioned global pandemic.