GUATEMALA CITY – Three Guatemalans deported from the United States this week tested positive for the novel coronavirus upon arrival in their country, Guatemala's Foreign Ministry said Friday.
The May 13 flight from Alexandria, Louisiana carried 65 adults, according to the country's immigration institute. More than 100 Guatemalan deportees have tested positive after arriving from the U.S.
The Foreign Ministry said that after the infections were detected, the Health Ministry was asked to get in touch with the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to review the protocols and decide what new measures would be necessary. A deportation flight scheduled for Friday was cancelled after President Alejandro Giammattei announced Thursday