In response to the threats posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the administration of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador took a number of strong measures early on, such as setting up an obligatory quarantine in government-established centers for all air and land travelers returning to El Salvador and closing the airport to inbound and outbound traffic.

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