Guatemala restricts travel from Brazil, UK and South Africa

On Apr 17, 2021

Guatemala will restrict entry to visitors who have recently been to Brazil, the United Kingdom and South Africa in an effort to control a jump in coronavirus cases.

President Alejandro Giammattei said in a public address the measure will go into effect on today and last through April 30, applying to tourists who have been to those countries within the prior two weeks.

Guatemala had registered 5,813 new COVID-19 infections in the last five days, bringing the total in the Central American country to 210,667 confirmed cases.

“That has triggered our alerts and forces us to have to decree a state of prevention immediately,” Giammattei said.

Guatemala had previously enacted strict lockdowns and travel restrictions to prevent the spread of the virus, which has caused 7,160 deaths in the country of 16 million people.

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