(CNN Spanish) – Spanish citizens or foreigners who have made stops in Spain will not be able to enter El Salvador until further notice.
The government’s decision, according to President Nayib Bukele, is due to the number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in the country European.
The president explained that in the case of Salvadorans or diplomats they will be able to enter after serving a quarantine for 30 days to rule out that they are carriers of COVID-19.
Women with mouth covers in Madrid, Spain, on March 6. (PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP via Getty Images)
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The government will make two exceptions. According to Bukele, the contingent of Spanish soldiers will be allowed to meet Salvadoran troops in Lebanon and doctors to operate Salvadorans.
In both cases, they will be isolated while testing to rule out that they are not carriers of coronaviruses.
The government asked for understanding and explained that the exception cannot be applied to other countries because it would reduce the existence of tests to detect the disease.
“I understand the inconvenience and the economic impact this will have. Including the possible loss of an airline. But the priority is the health of the population, ”Bukele wrote in his Twitter account.
With this measure, Spain joins six other countries: China, South Korea, Italy, Iran, France and Germany, whose citizens and foreigners who have made stops in those countries are prohibited from entering El Salvador, which until Monday, does not record confirmed or suspected cases of coronavirus.
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