Countries across Latin America tighten measures to halt spread of deadly novel coronavirus
Aerial view of a deserted Panama City, taken on March 25, 2020 during the global pandemic of the new coronavirus, Covid-19.
Bolivia is closing its borders and ordering a strict lockdown until April 15 starting at midnight Wednesday, President Jeanine Anez said, as she declared a state of "sanitary emergency." The lockdown areas "concentrate the greatest number of cases, and the movement of people can generate more contagions," said Health Minister Jaime Manalich.Chile has more than 1,100 recorded infections and three deaths from the virus.A police officer asks a driver for a special permit that allows leaving one's home, at a checkpoint in Panama City on March 25, 2020 during the global pandemic of the new coronavirus, Covid-19.
But the ship had to alter its plans when ports along the way stopped it from docking due to the coronavirus crisis. Soldiers have begun distributing food to locked-down residents of the poorest neighborhoods of the capital Tegucigalpa. Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly scoffed at the severity of the deadly pandemic, had previously criticised the closing of schools and businesses in Sao Paulo and Rio states, two of the country's most populous states.
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