{"id":5084251,"date":"2020-03-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/frustrated-puerto-rico-activates-national-guard-to-combat-coronavirus\/"},"modified":"2020-03-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T04:00:00","slug":"frustrated-puerto-rico-activates-national-guard-to-combat-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2020\/03\/13\/frustrated-puerto-rico-activates-national-guard-to-combat-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Frustrated&quot;, Puerto Rico activates National Guard to combat coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a preventative measure, Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced declared a state of emergency and activated the\u00a0National Guard on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There aren&#8217;t any confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. island territory, but as a precaution, Vazquez Garced has ordered the units to screen passengers\u00a0arriving at the island&#8217;s airports.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Military Times, the governor also voiced frustrations with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) over delayed results of tests for a handful of patients under observation. <\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have had a serious conversation with the CDC\u2026 It is unacceptable that the CDC continues to delay.\u00a0As governor, I demand that the CDC resolve this situation as soon as possible,\u201d Vazquez Garced said, according to\u00a0Caribbean Business. <\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Puerto Rico Department of Health, there are five cases under investigation as of March 10. <\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe CDC told us that it received the tests on Tuesday morning, and they began to process them, so today the 48 hours [for results] are met,\u201d Rafael Rodriguez, Puerto 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