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COVID-19

By isabella rivera carrasco

  • Suspended school in BOLIVIA

    Bolivia:MARCH 11TH
    All school and university activities
    are suspended.

  • First case

    26 OF FEBRUARY
    First case in Latin America
    The Brazilian Ministry of Health confirmed
    that a 61-year-old man who traveled to Italy
    tested positive for covid-2019.

  • events are prohibited CHILE

    Chile:MARCH 13
    43 cases, public events are prohibited

  • It limits circulation in places affected by the coronavirus THE SALVADOR

    It limits circulation in places affected by the
    coronavirus, prohibits and suspends public
    meetings and events, restricts the entry of
    people to the country and circulation in places
    determined by the government. It forces
    citizens to receive treatment when the
    symptoms of the disease are detected.
    The decree also prohibits the departure of
    Salvadorans. Hours before the decree was
    approved, the government ordered the closing
    of bars and clubs for two weeks.

  • The Catholic Church limited the celebration of Easter NICARAGUA

    NICARAGUA
    MARCH, 15TH
    The Catholic Church limited the celebration of Easter:
    it canceled processions, called the most vulnerable
    faithful to follow the liturgy from social networks, and
    recommended not to give the hosts in the mouth.
    Given clear government measures, universities,
    restaurants, and other businesses have imposed
    quarantines on their own.

  • state of emergency ECUADOR

    The Ecuadorian government decreed a state of
    emergency throughout the national territory,
    imposed the isolation of people until April 5 and a
    curfew from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
    Border closures for all foreign citizens and
    suspension of domestic flights, inter-provincial
    transport and the circulation of private cars, with
    the exception of those that perform the services
    of companies and establishments authorized

  • The Guatemalan government ordered the closure GUATEMALA

    GUATEMALA: MARCH 16
    The Guatemalan government ordered the
    closure of its land borders with Mexico,
    Honduras, El Salvador and Belize to
    contain the coronavirus outbreak. At the
    same time, it suspended all international
    flights after the first death from Covid-19.

  • Peru launched a 15-day state of emergency PERU

    PERU: MARCH 16
    Peru launched a 15-day state of
    emergency that includes the
    mandatory confinement of the
    32 million inhabitants, under the
    control of the armed forces.

  • Maduro decreed quarantine throughout the country VENEZUELA

    VENEZUELA MARCH 16
    Maduro decreed quarantine throughout the
    country, prohibition of movement between
    states, closure of airspace, restriction on the
    dispatch of gasoline (only to priority sectors),
    prohibition of free transit. The Colombian
    border was also closed.

  • 111 cases of Covid-19 ECUADOR

    In Ecuador, 111 cases of Covid-19 infection and two
    deceased persons have been confirmed. In addition,
    451 people are within the epidemiological fence until March 17. On the national network of the day, President Lenin
    Moreno made announcements on financial flexibility of
    up to 60 days so that people can stay home quietly.

  • The government of Juan Orlando Hernández decreed a seven-day HONDURAS

    The government of Juan Orlando Hernández
    decreed a seven-day curfew to try to stop the
    coronavirus outbreak. Work in the public and private
    sectors, events of all kinds, public transportation,
    religious activities, and businesses were also
    suspended. Hernández also launched an economic
    rescue plan for MSMEs, commerce, tourism and
    agribusiness.

  • The government announced that 3.5 billion pesos MEXICO

    MEXICO:
    MARCH 17
    The government announced that 3.5
    billion pesos will be allocated for
    diagnostic equipment, laboratory
    supplies, hand hygiene and disinfection
    supplies, medications, life-support
    ventilation, and sampling.

  • closes the borders BRAZIL

    Brazil: MARCH, 19
    Brazil closes the borders with its
    neighboring countries for 15
    days, with the exception of
    Uruguay.

  • suggested to its citizens to avoid leaving the island CUBA

    Cuba, which has not yet closed its borders,
    suggested to its citizens to avoid leaving the island
    and, to those who live abroad, to postpone their
    visiting trips, to contain the spread of the disease.

  • Honduran soldiers in olive green trucks

    HONDURAS: MARCH 25
    Honduran soldiers in olive green trucks
    traveled through poor neighborhoods of
    the capital to distribute food to people
    in social isolation due to the new
    coronavirus, which leaves 36 infected in the country.

  • Border closure, curfew BOLIVIA

    MARCH 26TH
    The new measures that imply the total closure of borders and the prohibition of vehicle circulation in the country govern