"Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez leads the presidential commission against COVID-19. The inhuman and reckless gesture is that Twitter restricts @DrodriguezVen and @ViceVenezuela accounts, which are the sources of information necessary for the people of Venezuela in these unforeseen circumstances," Arreaza said on Twitter.
La VP Delcy Rodríguez dirige la Comisión Presidencial contra el #Covid_19. Es un gesto inhumano y temerario que @Twitter mantenga restringidas las cuentas @DrodriguezVen y @ViceVenezuela, fuentes de información necesaria para el pueblo de Venezuela en esta contingencia. pic.twitter.com/vLAGN15sak
— Jorge Arreaza M (@jaarreaza) March 19, 2020
20 March 2020, 07:52 GMT
At the moment, when trying to switch to the above mentioned Twitter accounts, a notification is given that these accounts are temporarily restricted. However, Rodriguez's English language account is still available for users.
Venezuela has so far registered 42 coronavirus cases, with six new cases confirmed over the past 24 hours.
The World Health Organisation declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11. More than 244,000 people have been infected worldwide, with over 10,000 fatalities, according to John Hopkins University.
