Many migrants on US deportation flight had coronavirus, Guatemalan president says
As Trump administration pressures Guatemala to keep receiving deported migrants despite growing concernGUATEMALA CITY: Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said on Friday a large number of migrants on a deportation flight to Guatemala from the United States this week were infected with the coronavirus, adding that US authorities had confirmed a dozen cases. Giammattei said 12 randomly selected people on the deportation flight tested positive for coronavirus when examined by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Monday’s flight has been at the center of a political storm since Guatemalan Health Minister Hugo Monroy this week said up to 75% of passengers on a deportation flight were infected with the virus. The Associated Press later cited a Guatemalan official saying 44 people on the Monday flight were infected. Flights deporting Guatemalans from the United States were on Thursday temporarily suspended after reports of the mass infection.
Source: The Express Tribune April 18, 2020 06:11 UTC
