Iván Duque Márquez , president of Colombia , declared the frontier with Venezuela would be closed as of March 14 , 2020 , while president Nicolás Maduro announced an emergency in the healthcare of Venezuela on March 12 , and all flights coming from Europe and Colombia would be canceled for over 4 weeks .
Maduro also announced that public gatherings were suspended and that the government would be evaluating whether or not to suspend flights from other regions in the coming weeks .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in Venezuela