The Director of Health Services further explained that the decision to not introduce an across - the - board travel ban at this time is based on considered advice of regional public health experts:..
Dr. Marvin Manzanero - Director of Health Services
"We keep getting asked do the virtual lockdown like El Salvador has done and we have asked our colleagues our counterparts even, what was your opinion on the matter. People were positive and dealing with the day to day issues now and I haven't found any single entity that has come back to us from the public health standpoint that says that is the way you are supposed to be dealing with COVID 19. I think El Salvador might be the only country that has actually done a virtual isolation quarantine without having any positive case but that's a sovereign decision which I'm assured they have a reason for doing so I can't criticize that."
El Salvador announced yesterday that it will ban entry to all foreigners for a period of 21 days to curb the spread of the coronavirus. so, that is a ban on, quote, “any foreigner who is not a resident or diplomat in Salvadoran territory."
Salvadorans returning home from countries where coronavirus has been declared would have to be quarantined for 30 days.
The president also announced the suspension of school and university classes for 21 days, as well as the prohibition of gatherings of more than 500 people.
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