President Bukele announced possible new restrictions for El Salvador over the new coronavirus strain that is affecting the UK. So he “recommended” to Salvadorans who are in Europe and who want to return to the country to speed up their itineraries.
President Bukele announced possible new restrictions for El Salvador over the new coronavirus strain that is affecting the UK. So he “recommended” to Salvadorans who are in Europe and who want to return to the country to speed up their itineraries before action is taken after a new variant of the coronavirus is detected.
“Salvadorans who are in Europe and want to return to El Salvador in the coming weeks are advised to speed up their travel itineraries as much as possible, before new restrictions have to be imposed by the new coronavirus strain,” Bukele posted. on his Twitter account.
In addition, Bukele banned from this Sunday the entry of citizens who have been in the United Kingdom or South Africa, countries where the new virus was detected.
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“From now on, the entry into our country of any person whose flight itinerary has included the United Kingdom or South Africa or who has been in one of these two countries in the last 30 days is prohibited. “, said the Salvadoran president.
The Bukele decision came after several European countries began banning flights from the United Kingdom on Sunday, following the discovery of a more contagious variant of coronavirus that is spreading “out of control” in that country and before which l ‘WHO called for’ tightening controls’.
At a press conference, the Health Cabinet reported that it is unknown how long the flight restriction that has already been decreed from countries in the United Kingdom and South Africa will last, with the aim of preventing the new strain from entering El Salvador.
Francisco Alabi, Minister of Health said that very little is known about the new mutation and that “everything necessary will be done to limit the infection and safeguard the safety of Salvadorans.”
The official said that the constant increase in cases has in the emergency health system and that to continue the contagion as before in early January would have been the beginning of a second wave of contagion.