Colombia has so far had about 165,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 5,800 deaths from the virus.
The increase in the number of infections has caused this state to extend the measures for closure and restrictions until August 1.
But for many people in the neighborhood where working-class families live, this means even more time without work and wages, writes the BBC.
Therefore, in many such neighborhoods, people have placed red flags outside their houses as a way to ask for help from the government, reports KOHA.
Some of the residents there, who work for very small wages and even recycle garbage, say that they have had no help from the state, and that their families, especially children, are going without food.
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