COVID-19 pandemic in El Salvador

Location of El Salvador

First measures against a COVID-19 pandemic in El Salvador were imposed across the entire country on March 11, 2020. El Salvador is a small state with almost 6.5 million inhabitants (2020), which borders the Pacific in the south , Guatemala in the northwest , and Honduras in the northeast . Due to the impending COVID-19 pandemic, El Salvador has decided on a total lockdown that strictly forbids leaving houses and apartments. With this measure there were 2394 arrests by May 3, 2020 and at the same time 555 people infected with COVID-19 , 12 dead and 180 recovered had been reported in El Salvator .

background

The pandemic is part of the global COVID-19 pandemic that started in China in December 2019. The pandemic affects the novel disease COVID-19. This is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus from the Coronaviridae group and belongs to the group of respiratory diseases . From March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified the outbreak of the novel coronavirus as a global pandemic.

activities

politics

As early as February 26, 2020, the press announced that El Salvador had imposed an entry ban on nationals from Italy and South Korea.

On March 11, 2020, El Salvador imposed an entry ban on all foreigners, except for foreigners with a residence permit and incoming diplomats, who, however, have to undergo a 30-day quarantine upon entry. San Salvador International Airport has been closed since March 18, except for humanitarian and cargo flights. These restrictions apply in the same way to all crossings at the national borders.

On March 21, 2010, the President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele ordered a total lockdown through a national law prohibiting all citizens of El Salvador from leaving their homes and apartments. This measure should initially apply until April 28th. The spread of the COVID-19 virus was to be prevented, but the restriction of freedom of movement in the event of non-compliance led to numerous arrests and forced internment by government agencies.

By unanimous decision, the El Salvador Supreme Court declared the law passed by the country's Legislative Assembly to be illegal. As a result, President Bukele announced on Twitter on April 15 that he would not obey the judgment.

On April 19, there had been 22 murders on the streets of El Salvador, so President Bukele had called for tough action. Since he suspected the leaders behind the murders in the prisons, he had them transferred to solitary confinement, while the guards were not paying attention to any COVID-19 protective measures when they first rounded up inmates head to head in a room behind bars.

economy

With the lockdown, Bukele announces that the population will receive free water, electricity and free internet use for three months, in addition, because of the loss of income, each person should receive a bonus payment worth 300 US dollars during this period . With the Legislative Assembly only partially completing his legislative proposals, he used Twitter to urge MPs to hurry ahead of the start of a "third world war".

statistics

The number of cases developed during the COVID-19 pandemic in El Salvador as follows:

Infections

Confirmed infections (cumulative) in El Salvador
according to WHO data

New infections in El Salvador
according to WHO data

Deaths

Confirmed deaths (cumulative) in El Salvador
according to WHO data

Confirmed deaths (daily) in El Salvador
according to WHO data

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Cases reported to WHO by national authorities are listed here. Since the situation is very dynamic, there may be discrepancies or delays between the cases of the WHO and the data of national authorities as well as the information provided by other bodies, such as the Johns Hopkins University (CSSE).

Recovered

Individual evidence

1. ^ Central America: El Salvador . In: CIA from 2020
2. ↑ Situation National : In: Gobierno of May 3, 2020
3. ↑ Pulmonologists on the net: Covid-19: Causes . Online at www.lungenaerzte-im-netz.de. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
4. ↑ Tagesschau: "Deeply worried". WHO speaks of corona pandemic . March 11, 2020. Online at www.tagesschau.de. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
5. ^ El Salvador imposes entry ban for Italians and South Koreans . In: Westdeutsche Zeitung of February 26, 2020
6. ↑ El Salvador. Travel and safety information . In: Federal Foreign Office of April 4, 2020
7. ↑ Coronavirus in El Salvador: la polémica por la negativa de Bukele a acatar la orden de la Corte Suprema que prohíbe "detenciones arbitrarias" durante la cuarentena . In: BBC Welt from April 16, 2020
8. ↑ Head to head in prison - without protective masks . In: RTL from April 27, 2020
9. ↑ Coronavirus en El Salvador: el ambicioso plan de Bukele para reforzar la economía del país amenazada por el covid-19 . In BBC Welt on March 25, 2020
10. ↑ ^{a b c d} Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports. WHO, accessed on July 21, 2020 .