Adds flights resume to El Salvador, besides from Mexico; paragraphs 7,9
Adds flights resume to El Salvador, besides from Mexico; paragraphs 7,9
SAN SALVADOR, March 16 (Reuters) – Mexico rejected an accusation by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Monday that it had allowed a dozen folks with coronavirus to board a flight to San Salvador, saying medical employees had discovered no proof of the virus on the vacationers.
Earlier, Bukele abruptly suspended all passenger flights to San Salvador after making his assertion on Twitter, describing Mexican authorities as “irresponsible.”
The Salvadoran president didn’t present proof for the declare, which Mexican Deputy Well being Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell stated turned out to be “completely false.”
In a night information convention, Lopez-Gatell defined that 12 Salvadorans en path to San Salvador from Chicago had raised suspicions as a result of they had been carrying protecting masks. Checks confirmed that none of them had the virus, he added.
Overseas Minister Marcelo Ebrard replied…