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Guatemala Official: 44 Deportees From US Tested Positive For Virus
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/world-news/20200417/guatemala-official-44-deportees-us-tested-positive-virus<snip>
Forty-four Guatemalans deported on one flight from the United States this week have tested positive for COVID-19, a Guatemalan government official with knowledge of the situation said, amid rising rejection of deportees due to virus fears.
Later Thursday, Guatemala Foreign Affairs Minister Pedro Brolo told The Associated Press the government had again suspended deportation flights.
He did not explain why, but said the move was temporary.
“We’re working on the details,” Brolo said, adding that he did not know when the flights would resume.
Presidential spokesman Carlos Sandoval said that “Guatemala is working with United States authorities to revalidate the health of Guatemalans returned in recent days.”
He said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Guatemala’s national laboratory would retest all those who were found positive and negative.
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This is fucking madness
