GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – More than 230 deported Guatemalans being kept in mass quarantine at a sports center in the Central American country’s capital are fearful they might have been exposed to the coronavirus after compatriots flown home from the United States evaluated positive.
FILE IMAGE: Guatemala’s Health Ministry workers, using protective fits and masks, sanitize themselves at a temporary shelter for Guatemalan migrants who showed up in the nation on U.S. deportation flights, as the spread of the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) continues in Guatemala City, Guatemala April 16,2020 REUTERS/Luis Echeverria
President Alejandro Giammattei stated on Friday a dozen randomly selected people from a deportation flight on Monday checked positive for the coronavirus when analyzed by the U.S. Centers for Illness Control and Prevention.
Giammattei recommended more on the flight had checked positive. The infected deportees are interned in a healthcare facility in Guatemala City.
However, a minimum of