mo4ch:>Guatemala bars travel from US & Canada as Washington reluctant to halt deportations despite coronavirus concerns | Mo4ch News
Guatemala has expanded a travel ban on those arriving from countries hit hardest by Covid-19 to include the United States and Canada, the country’s president said, amid worries that deportations from the US are driving the crisis.After stepping up measures to contain the outbreak earlier this week – deploying stricter health screenings at its border ahead of the arrival of a migrant caravan bound for the US – Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei announced on Friday announced on Friday that travelers arriving from the US and Canada would no longer be permitted entry, as the disease toll continues to climb in both countries.Guatemala confirmed its first case of the illness earlier on Friday, sending authorities into overdrive to come to grips with the fast-moving contagion, also turning away all arrivals from Europe, China, Iran and the Koreas, according to the country’s Health Ministry.“I declare the entry of the #Coronavirus to Guatemala, we already have the first case that was t…