It's Coronavirus-Free, But El Salvador Is Banning All Foreign Travelers
- El Salvador says it wants to avoid risk of reacting too late
- Bukele says mass sickness would hurt economy even more
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El Salvador is imposing some of the world’s toughest controls to curb the spread of the new coronavirus before it has a single confirmed case of the disease.
Governments from China to the U.S. have been accused of reacting too slowly to prevent the deadly illness from spreading. El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said he doesn’t want to repeat their mistakes.