2020 in El Salvador
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Events in the year 2020 in El Salvador.
Incumbents
Events
- 11 March – After the World Health Organization classified COVID-19 as a pandemic, President Nayib Bukele declared suspension of all educative activities in public and private schools all over the country for 21 days, followed by a solicitude to the Legislative Assembly of declaring state of emergency and state of exception, in spite of not having any COVID-19 confirmed cases.[1]
- 16 March – A diplomatic dispute between El Salvador and Mexico developed when President Bukele accused the Mexican government of "being irresponsible" allowing a dozen people with COVID-19 to board a plane bound for El Salvador International Airport. Mexican foreign secretary Marcelo Ebrard said "all flights to El Salvador, including the one mentioned by the president [Bukele], have been cancelled"; furthermore, Mexican deputy health minister Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez denied the charge, and declared that tests showed the individuals in question were virus-free.[2][3]
References
- "Sin casos confirmados de Covid-19, El Salvador emprende drásticas acciones para afrontar pandemia". France 24. 2020-03-14. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- Redacción (2020-03-17). "La polémica entre El Salvador y México por un vuelo con supuestos enfermos de coronavirus". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- "Mexico rejects El Salvador accusation it let coronavirus patients board plane". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
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