Nicaragua, criticized by its Central American neighbors for doing little to halt the spread of the coronavirus, on Tuesday reported a significant rise in COVID-19 deaths and infections.
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Nicaragua, criticized by its Central American neighbors for doing little to halt the spread of the coronavirus, on Tuesday reported a significant rise in COVID-19 deaths and infections.
Dozens of U.S. citizens filled the Augusto Sandino airport in Managua to leave the country, a day after health authorities reported a sharp increase in infections.
Honduras and Costa Rica have both tightened border surveillance in recent weeks to protect themselves against what both governments consider an inadequate response by Nicaragua to the COVID-19 pandemic.
An independent count carried out by the Citizen Observatory, in Nicaragua there are more than 780 suspected cases of COVID-19, which are treated or admitted to health units as pneumonia.
