VOA news: The South American nation of Bolivia has tightened restrictions already in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Interim President Jeanine Anez said a state of public health emergency begins at midnight Thursday, and will last until April 15. The declaration extends Bolivia’s border closure to April 15, two weeks beyond the previous date. …
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Sumitomo to halt operations at mines in Bolivia, Madagascar to prevent coronavirus spread
Reuters reports: TOKYO, March 26 (Reuters) – Sumitomo Corp will temporarily suspend operation at its San Cristobal silver-zinc-lead mine in Bolivia and its Ambatovy nickel mine in Madagascar to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, it said on Thursday. The company said it is examining any impact on its earnings for the current business year…
Video: Shopkeepers in Bolivia Violating Quarantine Attack Journalists
Frances Martel reports for Breitbart: Shopkeepers at a plaza in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, attacked a team of journalists and kidnapped them on Monday, threatening not to let them out if they did not delete footage of the shopkeepers violating a coronavirus quarantine. Bolivia, like many other countries, has imposed a 14-day lockdown to prevent the spread of…
Coronavirus: British couple stranded in Bolivia say they have been ‘abandoned’ by UK government
Colin Drury reports for the Independent: Pair’s dream gap year trip turns to nightmare as pandemic leaves them trapped in country on brink of violence For three nights now, Harry Guy-Walters and Molly Holmes have lain in bed in an Airbnb in the Bolivian city of La Paz and listened as riots take place outside. “It’s pretty terrifying,” he says….
Bolivia speeds up its long goodbyes to keep down coronavirus
Monica Machicao reports for Reuters via National Post: LA PAZ — “Visits are suspended until further notice,” says a sign on the gate to a Bolivian cemetery, the latest measure in the country’s battle to contain coronavirus. It is a move that will cause further pain for a people used to wakes attended by large…
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