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Guatemala Asks U.S. to Halt Deportations of Guatemalans to Prevent Spreading Coronavirus

Source: WSJ:
March 31, 2020 at 19:36
Guatemala Asks U.S. to Halt Deportations of Guatemalans to Prevent Spreading Coronavirus

Guatemala fears deportations from the U.S. could be a major source of infection in the country

Guatemala’s government has requested the U.S. to stop all deportations of Guatemalans to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the impoverished Central American country, days after local authorities reported the first case of an infected deportee, a senior Guatemalan official said.

Guatemala fears deportations from the U.S. could be a major source of infection in the country, the official said. The U.S. has nearly 177,000 positive cases of Covid-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, and has reported 3,400 deaths....


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