On 13 March 2020, the first case in Guatemala, a Guatemalan man who traveled from
Italy to
Guatemala, was confirmed. The man arrived in
Villa Nueva, a suburb of
Guatemala City, along with two of his family members and five Salvadorans on an
Aeroméxico flight. Two days prior to the country's first case, the Guatemalan government banned entry to citizens of all
European countries,
Iran, China and
South Korea, which was put into effect on 12 March. On 13 March 2020, the Guatemalan government extended its travel restrictions to travelers from the
US and
Canada. Starting on 16 March, no travelers coming from these countries will be allowed to enter Guatemala, until March 31 (15 day quarantine is in place as of March 16). On 15 March 2020, the Guatemalan government confirmed its second case and the first COVID-19 death in the country. an 85-year-old man who arrived from
Madrid with his family nine days earlier. The same day, the Guatemalan government cancels all public events and prohibits agglomerations of more than 100 people. All public and private schools and universities are to be closed for at least three weeks.
Holy Week celebrations are also cancelled. On March 21, 2020, the Guatemalan President
Alejandro Giammattei alongside its vice-president and the Council Of Ministry declared a nationwide
curfew and a global travel ban, in an effort to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and prevent the spreading of the virus. On April 23, the
United Nations Commission on Human Rights calls on Mexican and Central American governments to halt deportations during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2,500 migrants are stuck in Panama because Honduras has closed its border. Mexico has dumped migrants in Guatemala, but Guatemala has not let them in. On April 23 the organization helped 41 migrants return to El Salvador from Mexico. On April 26, Mexico's
National Institute of Migration (INM) empties the 65 migrant detention centers it has across the country by returning 3,653 people to Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras in the hope of preventing outbreaks of COVID-19. At least forty Mexican and Guatemalan farm workers in
Canada have coronavirus, according to the
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union on May 2. On May 25, at least two hundred textile workers at the ′′K.P. Textil′′ plant in
San Miguel Petapa tested positive for COVID-19. Nine cases were reported at the plant on May 12, but human rights groups complain that no action was taken at the time. Guatemala reported more than 3,300 confirmed infections and 58 deaths. On 18 September, Guatemalan President
Alejandro Giammattei said that he tested positive for the coronavirus. == Statistics ==