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Guatemalan President and Minister Have Coronavirus, Cabinet to Test
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-09-18/guatemalan-president-tests-positive-for-coronavirusGuatemalan President and Minister Have Coronavirus, Cabinet to Test
By Reuters, Wire Service Content?Sept. 18, 2020
BY SOFIA MENCHU
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei revealed on Friday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, just as the Central American country was easing draconian travel restrictions imposed months ago to contain infections.
"The coronavirus test result was positive," Giammattei told a local radio station. The government later confirmed the minister for culture had also tested positive.
Giamattei is the fourth Latin American leader to have a confirmed case of coronavirus. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, and Bolivian interim president Jeanine Añez have all previously tested positive.
Latin America is currently the region hardest hit by the coronavirus, helping drive the global death toll toward one million.
