GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei stated on Friday a large number of migrants on a deportation flight to Guatemala from the United States this week were infected with the coronavirus, adding that U.S. authorities had confirmed a lots cases.
FILE IMAGE: Guatemala’s President Alejandro Giammattei searches during a press conference with Michael Kozak (not visualized), acting assistant secretary for U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, in Guatemala City, Guatemala February 7,2020 REUTERS/Luis Echeverria
Giammattei said 12 randomly chosen people on the deportation flight checked favorable for coronavirus when analyzed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Avoidance.
He recommended more on the flight had t