Venezuela confirms two coronavirus cases, shuts schools

Record ID: 1463750

  • Title: Venezuela confirms two coronavirus cases, shuts schools
  • Date: 13th March 2020
  • Summary: CARACAS, VENEZUELA (MARCH 12, 2020) (REUTERS) FACE MASKS BEING HANDED OUT VARIOUS, SOLDIER WITH FACE MASK VARIOUS, YOUNG PEOPLE WITH FACE MASKS VARIOUS, FACE MASKS BEING HANDED OUT
  • Embargoed: 27th March 2020 16:16
  • Keywords: Venezuela Vice President Delcy Rodriguez cases closure coronavirus face masks infection outbreak schools
  • Location: CARACAS, VENEZUELA
  • City: CARACAS, VENEZUELA
  • Country: Venezuela
  • Topics: Health/Medicine
  • Reuters ID: LVA002C4W0E9Z
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Venezuela has confirmed two cases of coronavirus, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said on Friday (March 13), adding that the country is suspending classes at public and private schools starting on Monday (March 16).
    Both cases are Venezuelan citizens who arrived on a flight from Spain and have been put in home quarantine, according to Rodriguez.
    Years of recession, hyperinflation, and under-investment in public services have left Venezuela in poor condition to confront coronavirus, according to public health workers.
    The country's hospitals suffer from chronic shortages of medicine and supplies, as well as frequent lapses in electricity and running water.
    (Production: Efrain Otero)
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