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Caution on public transport to prevent COVID-19 2:05
(CNN Spanish) - Starting this Thursday, all people arriving in Guatemala on direct flights from Europe will have to go through seven days of isolation in a hospital south of the capital, due to the coronavirus alarm.
The measure was announced this Wednesday by President Alejandro Giammattei, in public activity.
"If you have relatives in Europe, tell them that today is the last day to enter Guatemala via direct flights, from Europe to Guatemala. Because starting tomorrow, whoever wants to come to Guatemala is going to have to go to Villa Nueva for seven days, to be locked up, "bound", to make sure they don't bring the virus from Europe, "said Giammattei.
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Francis Argueta, director of Civil Aeronautics, told CNN that it is a single flight that arrives at La Aurora International Airport, from Madrid, Spain, with between 50 and 60 passengers.
WHO declares coronavirus pandemic 1:49The Villa Nueva Hospital was assigned by the Government of Giammattei, to exclusively attend to all those cases suspected or diagnosed by coronavirus.
To date, no cases have been reported in Guatemala.
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