People sit under trees at a facility that quarantines people who have entered the country, in an effort to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Asuncion, Paraguay June 4, 2020. Picture taken June 4, 2020. To match Insight HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/PARAGUAY REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay's coronavirus camps, obligatory for anyone entering the South American country, have garnered praise from international health bodies for helping stem the spread of the epidemic. The government calls them the "first line of defense".
Yet half a dozen people interviewed by Reuters who passed through the camps or monitored them raised concerns about the conditions of the hundreds of returning citizens held there. Some said dormitories were cramped, risking the spread of the virus, and people could be confined for many weeks with scarce information.
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