Deported from US, man infects 14 migrants with Covid-19 in northern Mexico

CORONAVIRUS | At least 15 migrants from several countries tested positive for Covid-19 at a northern Mexico shelter, Tamaulipas state authorities said on Monday, adding that a man carrying the virus and deported from Houston had infected most of the others.

A Mexican man deported at the McAllen-Reynosa border has also tested positive, the Tamaulipas state health department said in a statement.

In recent weeks, concerns have mounted about the spread of the highly contagious virus through deportation proceedings.

Guatemala President Alejandro Giammattei said on Sunday a total of 50 migrants deported by the US to the Central American country had tested positive for the virus.

The 15 migrants who have tested positive have been placed in isolation, health officials in Tamaulipas said, adding that they would continue testing the rest of the migrants in the shelter in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, where crime is rampant.

- Reuters

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