Guatemala says 50 deported migrants from US test positive for coronavirus

Updated: 2020-04-20 10:16

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A Guatemalan migrant who arrived in the country on US deportation flights walks to an ambulance at a temporary shelter to be taken to have a test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Guatemala City, Guatemala April 18, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

GUATEMALA CITY - Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said on Sunday that a total of 50 migrants deported by the United States to Guatemala have tested positive for coronavirus, including 14 sent to the Central American nation on a Tuesday flight.

Most of the Guatemalan deportees that have tested positive for coronavirus arrived from the United States on a Monday flight.

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