COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Guatemala in March 2020.
| COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala | |
|---|---|
 1-9 Cases Reported 10-99 Cases Reported 100-999 Cases Reported +1000 Cases Reported | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Guatemala |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
| Index case | Guatemala City |
| Arrival date | 13 March 2020 (4 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 5 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 1,342[1][2] |
| Active cases | 719 |
| Suspected cases‡ | 11500 |
| Recovered | 121[2] |
Deaths | 29[2] |
| Total ILI cases | 554 |
| Government website | |
| www | |
| ‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. | |
On 13 March 2020, the first case in Guatemala, a Guatemalan man who traveled from Italy to Guatemala, was confirmed.[3]
On 13 March 2020, the Guatemalan government extended its travel restrictions to travelers from the US and Canada.[4] Starting on 16 March, no travelers coming from these countries were allowed to enter Guatemala, until March 31.
On 15 March 2020, the Guatemalan government confirmed its second case and the first COVID-19 death in the country, an 85-year-old man who arrived from Madrid with his family nine days earlier.[5]
On April 23, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights called on Mexican and Central American governments to stop deportations during the coronavirus pandemic. 2,500 migrants were stuck in Panama because Honduras had closed its border. Mexico dumped migrants in Guatemala, but Guatemala did not let them in. On April 23 the organization helped 41 migrants return to El Salvador from Mexico.[6]
References
change- ↑ "Actualización de datos sobre casos de Coronavirus (Covid-19) en Guatemala" (in Spanish). Gobierno Guatemala @GuatemalaGob.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Coronavirus" (in Spanish). Ministerio de Salud Pública (Guatemala). Archived from the original on 2020-04-11. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ↑ "Coronavirus: Alejandro Giammattei confirma el primer caso de covid-19 en Guatemala". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 13 March 2020.
- ↑ "Guatemala Bans Arrivals From U.S., Canada to Fight Corona-virus". U.S. News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ↑ "Ministerio de Salud Publica: Comunicado No. 36" (in Spanish). March 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-03-18. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ↑ News, A. B. C. "UN alarmed by migrants caught in no-man's land at borders". ABC News. Retrieved Apr 24, 2020.
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