Venezuela tightens anti-virus measures in capital after surge

People wear face masks as they line up to buy groceries outside a supermarket at the Petare neighborhood in Caracas, on July 13, 2020, after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus. — AFP: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced a tightening of coronavirus containment measures in the capital Caracas and neighboring Miranda state to try to halt the spread of the deadly disease.

It took 70 days for Venezuela to record its first 1,000 COVID-19 cases -- but just three days to go from 7,000 to 8,000 cases. “Due to the increase in COVID-19 cases, because of the illegal entry of people into the country... I’ve taken the decision to apply a radical quarantine in Caracas and Miranda state,“ Maduro said Wednesday on Twitter.

Last week, three top government officials revealed they had contracted the coronavirus, including Constitutional Assembly President Diosdado Cabello and Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami.

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