Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-6-2020
Abstract
"The response of the Nicaraguan government to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been perhaps the most erratic of any country in the world to date. Directly contradicting mitigation strategies recommended by WHO, President Daniel Ortega has refused to encourage any physical distancing measures. Vice President Rosario Murillo (Daniel Ortega's wife) instead called on thousands of sympathisers to congregate in street marches under the slogan 'love in the time of COVID-19'. By downplaying the danger of the pandemic and increasing the risk of community transmission in the second-poorest country in the western hemisphere, the Nicaraguan government is violating the human rights of its citizens."
Recommended Citation
Salazar Mather TP, Gallo Marin B, Medina Perez G, et al. Love in the time of COVID-19: negligence in the Nicaraguan response. The Lancet Global Health. 2020;8(6):e773. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30131-5
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Comments
This article was originally published in The Lancet Global Health, volume 8, issue 6, in 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30131-5
This scholarship is part of the Chapman University COVID-19 Archives.