The Bolivarian Government has deployed in the border area «very strict sanitary controls to prevent a recurrence of COVID-19 in Venezuela,» as reported the Executive Vice President of the Republic, Delcy Rodríguez.
During a meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Prevention, Attention and Control of the Coronavirus, Rodríguez explained that on April 6 a total of 2,135 Venezuelans were welcomed at the border of Táchira state (with Colombia).
In this sense, the senior official of the Venezuelan government explained that the authorities attend the entrance of Venezuelans in the border area, where a rapid test for the detection of the Coronavirus is carried out, as well as food, medical care and free accommodation during the quarantine period.
In this regard, the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro Moros, indicated that Venezuela is preparing to welcome about 15,000 people «who have been fleeing from xenophobia, fascism and racism, because we have a homeland, in here there is a homeland that welcomes them.»
He made a call to comply with the social and collective quarantine, while sending them a message of support and welcome, in this, their land that today welcomes them.
