2020 in El Salvador
| |||||
| Decades: |
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See also: | |||||
Events in the year 2020 in El Salvador.
Incumbents
Events
- 11 March – After the WHO classified COVID-19 as a pandemic, President Nayib Bukele closed all public and private schools in the country for 21 days and requested the Legislative Assembly to declaring a state of emergency and state of exception, despite there being no confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country.[1]
- 16 March – A diplomatic dispute erupted with Mexico after President Nayib Bukele accused the Mexican government of "being irresponsible" for allegedly allowing a dozen people with COVID-19 to board a plane bound for El Salvador International Airport. Mexican foreign secretary Marcelo Ebrard responded that "all flights to El Salvador, including the one mentioned by the president [Bukele], have been cancelled" while Mexican deputy health minister Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez denied the charge and claimed the individuals were uninfected.[2][3]
gollark: You don't have POTAT-O4 clearance, you see.
gollark: [REDACTED - POTAT-O4 CLEARANCE REQUIRED]
gollark: Further information is beyond your clearance level.
gollark: <@258219201037205504> is <@258219201037205504>.
gollark: <@258219201037205504>
References
- "Sin casos confirmados de Covid-19, El Salvador emprende drásticas acciones para afrontar pandemia". France 24. 2020-03-14. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- Redacción (2020-03-17). "La polémica entre El Salvador y México por un vuelo con supuestos enfermos de coronavirus". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- "Mexico rejects El Salvador accusation it let coronavirus patients board plane". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
 | |
|---|---|
| 19th century |
|
| 20th century |
|
| 21st century | |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.