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    Paraguay, land-locked 'island' amid global COVID-19 pandemic

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    Paraguay, land-locked 'island' amid global COVID-19 pandemic

    Nation was among the first in the region to impose tight restrictions in March

    Published:  May 14, 2020 16:51 AP  and  Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Digital Content Editor
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    Paraguay's most honored writer, Augusto Roa Bastos, called his homeland "an island surrounded by land," and it so far has indeed seemed isolated from the worst of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping through neighboring countries. Image Credit: AP
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    The nation of some 7 million people has recorded only 10 deaths as it shelters behind frontiers largely closed to guard against the illness, its once-busy border bridges are empty save for a stray dog or two. Image Credit: AP
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    It has recorded fewer than 750 confirmed cases, most of those among people who were placed in mandatory quarantine for 14 days after entering from Brazil or Argentina. Some have been housed in military barracks, some in hotels. Image Credit: AP
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    Regularly scheduled flights have been cancelled as well, leaving just a few planes on humanitarian missions, often bringing home Paraguayans who had been stranded abroad, or carrying foreigners to their own homelands _ all after being checked for temperature. Image Credit: AP
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    Paraguay was among the first in the region to impose tight restrictions in March _ telling people to stay home except to get food, medicine or medical care. Schools have long since closed. Image Credit: AP
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    Churches are empty. Buses have been halted, forcing some some to sleep where they work. Image Credit: AP
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    Still, many venture out to find something to eat, or the money to buy it. Image Credit: AP
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    A few ignore quarantine restrictions to cast fishing lines into the Paraguay River. Image Credit: AP
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    Some line up for packages of food handed out at elementary schools. Image Credit: AP
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    Some scrounge for what they can find in the trash bins of the central food distribution market in Asuncion, the capital. Image Credit: AP
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    The country also has been among the first to ease up. As of May 4, the government allowed many businesses to resume. Builders once again set to work on projects _ at least those in the open air. Image Credit: AP
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    Constructors workers labor on the top of a building after the government authorized the reopening of some activity under a plan coined "Intelligent quarantine." Image Credit: AP
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    A towel hangs from a bunk in a military barrack, housing Paraguayan migrants returning from Brazil, in Remansito, Paraguay. The group is under mandatory quarantine as a measure against the spread of the new coronavirus. Image Credit: AP
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    Guillermina de Figueredo, 72, balances recycled newspapers on her head which she sells to merchants who use them as wrappers. Image Credit: AP
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    Nurses pose for a portrait as they work taking passengers' temperatures at the main bus station on International Nurse Day. Image Credit: AP
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    People stand in designated areas as they wait in line for free food staples at Santa Ana primary school, part of an already existing food program through the Education Ministry. Image Credit: AP

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