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Sweden Admits Flaws in its Strategy against Covid-19, and Nicaragua?

“Nicaragua is the same example as Sweden, but among developing countries,” asserts the Ortega Government in its “white paper” on the pandemic.

Covid-19 Claims Lives of Five Nicaraguan Health Professionals in 24 hours

In just one day in Nicaragua, five health professionals died from confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19. The government doesn’t acknowledge it.

Nicaragua Approaches a Thousand Suspected Covid-19 Deaths

The latest report from Nicaragua’s Citizen’s Observatory registers 4,217 suspected cases and 980 deaths from the pandemic.

Murillo Reads Off a Confusing List of Deceased

Murillo intermingled the names of 19 guerrilla fighters who died in 1979 with the names of three prominent Sandinistas who died recently from Covid-19.

Afraid to Go to Work: Dozens of Nicaraguan Hospital Staff Resign

Doctors, nurses and interns resign to avoid being infected by COVID-19, due to the lack of equipment and protective measures in the hospitals.

Nicaragua: Ortega Loses a Key Mayor and his Communications Director to Covid-19

VP Murillo doesn’t specify the cause, but medical sources confirm admission to Military Hospital; FSLN legislator, Rita Fletes, also passed away.

Private Sector Supports Doctors Call for Voluntary Quarantine in Nicaragua

The Cosep business association asks non-essential businesses to “close” and insisting that the Nicaraguan government must take some action.

“We Have All Seen the Express Burials”, says Bishop in Nicaragua

Monsignor Rolando Alvarez warns that cases of Covid-19 are on the rise and asks that deaths and infections be reported “truthfully”.

Medical Associations in Nicaragua Call for a 4-week “Voluntary Quarantine”

Doctors’ associations warn that an “exponential rise” in COVID-19 cases has already caused a “collapse” in the public and private health systems.

Ortega Gov. Ignores Pan-American Health Organization’s “Request for Verification”

PAHO director asserts that the Nicaraguan government has presented the requested information on COVID-19 cases “in an irregular way”.