Venezuela registers 17 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours - MPPRE

Venezuela registers 17 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours

“17 new cases for a total of 440” is the number of COVID-19 cases registered in Venezuela, informed President Nicolás Maduro. During a briefing on novel coronavirus in Venezuela, the Venezuelan president explained that out the 17 new cases, 14 are imported cases and 3 are community transmission cases. “Today I have to reports 17 new cases (…) Out of them, only 3 are community transmission cases, 14 are imported, 13 from Colombia. Venezuelan nationals who have returned from Colombia. We receive them and they undergo tests as soon as they arrive,” he said. The cases detected in the last 24 hours are located in the states of Aragua (7), Lara (4), Sucre (3), Trujillo (1), Delta Amacuro (1) and La Guaira (1). “This is a dramatic report. We are reinforcing preventive measures on the borders. Colombia and Brazil are hotspots. They are threats to Venezuela.” In this regard, he instructed governors, mayors and the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) to tighten preventive measures to avoid the spread if the virus in Venezuela.