Blind Abilities Podcast

Every day we are inundated with reports about COVID-19: statistics, new cases, and worse. Every day we hear of how the coronavirus has impacted people all over the world, but have we heard specific reports of its effect on blind and visually impaired individuals? Answer: not until now. In this sixteenth episode in our series, Around the World with COVID-19 from a Blindness Perspective, we hear from Alvaro Gutierrez from Bogota, Columbia. Thus far we have spanned the globe with blind citizens Around the world, from Australia and Malaysia, to the United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada and Japan. Now we hear a first-hand report from Alvaro with his unique perspective on how the coronavirus has affected him in Columbia. Alvaro Gutierrez hails from Bogota, Columbia, in south America, where he lives with his parents, providing physical, emotional and financial support in a city and country that has seen a difficult progression of COVID-19, from its first case in March 2020 through the evolution of imposed rest