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El Salvador president to propose re-opening of economy from June 6 – Metro US

El Salvador president to propose re-opening of economy from June 6

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele speaks during a nationwide quarantine
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele speaks during a nationwide quarantine amid the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said on Monday that he will propose to Congress that the economy should be gradually re-opened beginning on June 6, after taking strict measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the small Central American nation.

(Reporting by Nelson Rentería, Writing by Daina Beth Solomon; Editing by Kim Coghill)