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COVID-19 pandemic in Nicaragua
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was shown to have spread to Nicaragua when the first case, a Nicaraguan citizen who had returned to the country from Panama, was confirmed on 18 March 2020.[2]
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Nicaragua |
Arrival date | 18 March 2020 (4 years, 2 months and 1 day) |
Confirmed cases | 25[1] |
Recovered | 7 |
Deaths | 8 |
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Ana Emilia Solís, the World Health Organisation's representative in Nicaragua, has stated that since January, when the Nicaraguan Government declared a sanitary alert due to the threat of COVID-19.[3]
Some critics of Daniel Ortega's government claimed the government was downplaying the severity of the virus.[4][5]
A large public rally was organized by government supporters to support coronavirus victims in other countries; however, the event was criticized for lack of social distancing.[6]