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Nicaragua medical associations call for voluntary quarantine
by Gabriela Selser, The Associated Press
Posted Jun 1, 2020 2:19 pm EDT
Last Updated Jun 1, 2020 at 2:30 pm EDT
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nearly three dozen medical associations in Nicaragua have called on people to observe a “national quarantine” of at least three or four weeks in an attempt to slow the coronavirus pandemic, a step the government has not taken.
“The exponential increase of COVID-19 cases has caused the collapse of the public and private health systems,” the groups said in an open letter Monday. They said hospitals were full, there weren’t enough beds, medicines were lacking and essential things like oxygen were in short supply.
The government of President Daniel Ortega has not enacted the social distancing measures of its neighbours despite growing evidence of the virus’ spread. Schools remain open and the government has continued to organize mass gatherings even as Nicaraguans report that some people are being rushed from hospitals to immediate burial by workers wearing protective suits...
Nicaragua medical associations call for voluntary quarantine
by Gabriela Selser, The Associated Press
Posted Jun 1, 2020 2:19 pm EDT
Last Updated Jun 1, 2020 at 2:30 pm EDT
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nearly three dozen medical associations in Nicaragua have called on people to observe a “national quarantine” of at least three or four weeks in an attempt to slow the coronavirus pandemic, a step the government has not taken.
“The exponential increase of COVID-19 cases has caused the collapse of the public and private health systems,” the groups said in an open letter Monday. They said hospitals were full, there weren’t enough beds, medicines were lacking and essential things like oxygen were in short supply.
The government of President Daniel Ortega has not enacted the social distancing measures of its neighbours despite growing evidence of the virus’ spread. Schools remain open and the government has continued to organize mass gatherings even as Nicaraguans report that some people are being rushed from hospitals to immediate burial by workers wearing protective suits...