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Former Foreign Affairs Minister of Spain @anapalacio introduces H.E. President @DrGiammattei of Guatemala. #ACGuatemala #ACLeaders
The first case of #COVID19 appeared only 49 days into the administration of President @DrGiammattei of Guatemala. "After 128 days, we have managed to recover and to revitalize certain areas of the economy." #ACGuatemala #ACLeaders
"We knew we would be hit hard because our healthcare system had been neglected for 40-50 years. Our bed capacity was 0.6 per person, and we had a severe lack of respirators. Today, we have managed to build our capacity." -President @DrGiammattei #ACGuatemala #ACLeaders
"We just opened a second hotel with healthcare services, and we're sending people there. We have established a fairly conservative policy for releasing people who have recovered from #coronavirus," said @DrGiammattei. "We want to make sure people are fully recovered first."
"If we open a given activity, disease will spike, and we need a protocol to address that spike and #flattenthecurve," said President @DrGiammattei, on his strategy for reopening the economy. "We have to act in clusters, and it has to be a phased approach." #ACGuatemala #ACLeaders
For example, said @DrGiammattei, there is social isolation already built into the construction sector. #ACGuatemala #ACLeaders
A key area where the US can support Guatemala's economy recovery from the economic impact of #COVID19 is customs facilitation within the US-Guatemala commercial relationship, says President @DrGiammattei. #ACGuatemala #ACLeaders
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