[87] This led to an end on the lockdown established in the Greater Buenos Aires area after more than seven months, set to conclude on 8 November and moving into the social distancing phase. [56], The first official data from ICU bed occupation became available on 24 June, with an occupation of 45 percent throughout the country. [106] This came to light after journalist Horacio Verbitsky said he received a shot after being offered by the minister. [351] On that same day, every football category was suspended indefinitely,[352] being the match between Club Atlético Colón and Rosario Central (for the Superliga) the last played, on 16 March 2020. Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof, a member of the president’s centre-left Peronist coalition, warned about a hike in cases and insisted urgent measures were needed to stop intensive care units from filling up. The lockdown would resume to workers of private construction, medical and dental care, industry production and online commerce, lawyers, and accountants, among others, in some provinces such as Entre Ríos, Jujuy, La Pampa, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquén, Salta, San Juan, Santa Cruz and Tucumán, with the respective health protocols. In the City of Buenos Aires, under the strictest lockdown, crime went down a 48 percent during the first quarter of the year, and a 56 percent during July 2020, but violence on those crimes increased. The impact of COVID-19 on working children in Buenos Aires. [264], In Greater Buenos Aires, an increase in crimes committed by people with no previous record was seen. [48] A third phase of the lockdown was later announced by the president on 25 March, extending it to major cities until 10 May. [336], On 12 March 2020, FIFA announced that the first two rounds of the South American qualification for the 2022 World Cup due to take place during that month were postponed to later dates. The official data from this day reclassified four deaths that were wrongly reported as deceased. The official data from this day reclassified three deaths that were wrongly reported as deceased. Special testing and containment efforts had to be put in place in lower-income neighborhoods, mostly after outbreaks in Buenos Aires (Villa 31 and Barrio Mujica) and Quilmes (Villa Azul and Villa Itatí) shantytowns. [51], On 8 May, Fernández announced that the national lockdown would be "relaxed" throughout the country with the exception of Greater Buenos Aires, where the lockdown was extended first until 24 May,[13] and later until 7 June (on 23 May), due to a big increase in the number of new cases in the previous days of the announcement. ... followed by the City of Buenos Aires … [161][162][163][164][165] The University of Buenos Aires also made a survey, in which most people agreed to the measures taken by the president. Jefatura de Gabinete de Ministros [128][129] On 13 June 2020, a new announcement of another quick diagnosis test to detect the SARS-CoV-2 was made. [177] Public transportation would still be only allowed for workers in essential areas such as healthcare, security, gastronomy and others. The cities of Tartagal, La Rioja, Chamical, Santiago del Estero and La Banda were expected to join the places that were already with a strict lockdown such as Greater Buenos Aires, Jujuy (Libertador Gral. Personas no residentes de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires que permanezcan al menos un día en la Ciudad y lleguen desde más de 150 km de distancia. Refer to the primary article COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina or the World Health Organization's situation reports for [238], On 9 June 2020, the Ministry of Education expressed that 85 percent of students would be able to return to classes in August, though with special hygiene measures in place, but schools in the Greater Buenos Aires area would have to wait until infections in the region begin to drop off. [227], On 22 September 2020, low-cost carriers such as Flybondi, JetSmart Argentina, and legacy airline Aerolíneas Argentinas confirmed that they had moved the dates of their flights with 12 October as the expected restart date, while the Ministry of Transport assured that regular domestic flights would resume in November 2020. [150], During the first weeks of the pandemic, people across the country used to applaud from balconies, terraces and windows of their houses and buildings at 9 p.m., in order recognize the effort and work of health professionals, a demonstration similar to the ones that occurred during the pandemic in Spain and Italy. But since access to public transport has become restricted during lockdowns and many essential workers still need to commute, the need for more cycling space has become apparent. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Eater checked in with Austin’s defining restaurants to see how the pandemic has affected business, service models, and more. Publié le : 23/09/2020 - 11:55. Share this News ; Banco Santander SA. The Sputnik V and the BNT162b2 vaccines were the first to receive emergency approvals from ANMAT,[146] On 30 December 2020, the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca's vaccine AZD1222 was also approved for use by ANMAT. On this episode, Fernando Straface, the Secretary General and Secretary of Foreign Relations of the City of Buenos Aires, joins Dr. Kelly Henning – head of Bloomberg Philanthropies public health team. We offer you 9 virtual 360 ° tours of iconic sites in the City. Measures included the close of schools, curfew between 8 p.m.–6 a.m. and the suspension of indoor sports, recreational, religious and cultural activities. [19] Clusters of infections and deaths have occurred in nursing homes, prisons and other detention centers, and urban areas. [218], According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Argentina was expected to loosen its travel ban earlier than the date that was previously announced by the government (1 September 2020). Buenos Aires (/ ˌ b w eɪ n ə s ˈ ɛər iː z / or /-ˈ aɪ r ɪ s /; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbwenos ˈajɾes]), officially Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and largest city of Argentina.The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South America's southeastern coast. More than 1,000 COVID-19 infections in Buenos Aires slum. Completá el formulario y registrá tu solicitud. The UN made claims to the Argentine government on these cases. | Bloomberg. Guidelines to relieve the situation for non-formal sector. [93] The governor of the province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, was among the first to receive the vaccine. It would take effect from 20 March 2020 until 31 March 2020. 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On 3 March 2020, the virus was confirmed to have spread to Argentina. It ran daily from 1–6 a.m., and was intended to reduce the viral circulation. This service is not intended for persons residing in the EU. [241][242] Over 10,000 students in San Juan became the first to return to face-to-face classes through social distancing on 10 August 2020. In response to the pandemic, classes moved to online distance learning. Buenos Aires bankers’ return to office imperiled by Covid surge. The official data from this day reclassified a death that was wrongly reported as deceased. The show, called "United for Argentina", included celebrities and famous people from the Argentine media. Change password, update personal details and more. The impact of COVID-19 on working children in Buenos Aires. See more. [176], After the end of the previous phase of the lockdown in Greater Buenos Aires, President Fernández finally announced on 17 July 2020 that the lockdown would be gradually loosened in several stages to lead to the return to normality. The low hospitalization rate also enabled local authorities in mid-February to reopen bars and restaurants until … This was better than the forecast announced by analysts and a smaller drop than in the previous months since the beginning of the pandemic. Watch these 360º videos. [16] Finally, on 17 July, the lockdown was due to be gradually loosened in several stages to lead to the return to normality,[17] although restrictions were extended several times until 8 November 2020. The official data from 2020-07-20 included a total of 4,019 new cases, from which only 3,937 correspond to confirmed cases on this day. [57] A few days later, it was informed that June concluded with 64,517 confirmed cases, 1,307 deaths and 22,015 recoveries from the virus. He left Japan on February 24 and arrived in Argentina on February 26. Argentina extended on Thursday a mandatory lockdown in Buenos Aires, the capital, and some other parts of the country until June 28, as confirmed coronavirus cases continue to rise, surpassing 20,000 earlier in the day. [245] One week later, the first case of a COVID-19 positive school worker was confirmed in a school in Barracas, Buenos Aires, where the school had to close due to the protocols. They were qualified as "survival crime[s]" by the Minister of Security of the province, Sergio Berni. The last-minute decision by the lower court judge left school administrators in Buenos Aires scrambling late on Sunday to tell parents to send their kids to school after all. [18] November concluded with 1,424,518 confirmed cases, 38,730 deaths and 1,257,214 recoveries. However, the Urban Anthropology survey indicates a significant drop-off in future ridership; nearly 50 percent of people said that they will avoid public transit even after the quarantine is lifted. Ministerio de Salud Información sobre los turnos otorgados en cada centro y las vacunas aplicadas según las etapas de vacunación contra el virus COVID-19. Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday announced further restrictions for the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) in a manoeuvre to curb the so-called second wave of the covid … He has called for immediate talks with center-left Peronist Fernandez and has also filed suit with the country's Supreme Court. Covid-19: Buenos Aires to reimpose lockdown after rise in coronavirus cases 67 shares Issued on: 27/06/2020 - 13:44 Modified: 27/06/2020 - 13:46 [153][154], The government's responses to the pandemic was very well seen, including the mandatory lockdown and strict social distancing measures, resulting in a general better look in the number of cases and deaths than other countries in the region. [35], The Ministry of Health confirmed the country's first death from coronavirus in the country on 7 March, a 64-year-old man who had travelled to Paris who also had other health conditions. [82], During the first days of November, the government announced that will acquire during December 2020 and January 2021, 25 million of doses from the Russian vaccine Sputnik V after it would enter phase III. [226], During the last week of July 2020, flag carrier airline Aerolíneas Argentinas sold over 188 thousand tickets, with the company reporting that 54 percent of passengers bought their tickets to travel from December 2020 to March 2021, while another 27 percent did so to travel between September and November 2020. [180] Several cities that experienced a big growth in the number of confirmed cases in the previous weeks were put back into a tighter lockdown. The province of Chaco had the worst rate of health professionals infected, with the 52 percent of the total cases of that jurisdiction in April 2020. [230], On 26 December 2020, the country limited the entry to the country again due to the new COVID-19 strains across the globe, and the rising of infections. [99][101] Not every province applied the curfew, like Córdoba and Jujuy. [50], April finally concluded with 4,415 confirmed cases, 218 deaths and 1,245 recoveries. [272][273] Police stopped patrolling, responding only to urgent 911 emergency calls. [119], As an effort to fight and contain the virus, the Ministry of Health implemented a plan of contact tracing in defined areas where an increase in the number of cases is detected or estimated. Later the Ministry of Health summoned different health professionals, making that number rise over 3,122. [228] Two days later, it was announced that American Airlines would resume its daily flights to Miami since 7 October 2020, on a special flights schedule including two weekly flights to Madrid and Santiago de Chile, three flights a month to New York City, four weekly flights to São Paulo, and flights to Lima (three per month) and Asunción (two per month). [64], During this month, schools and sports began the return to their activities. [47] In the night of 10 April, Fernández confirmed that the lockdown would be extended until 26 April in major cities,[10] and that the flexibilisation of restrictions in zones with lesser risk would be analysed. [49], After appearance of three asymptomatic cases, Buenos Aires authorities introduced compulsory masking starting on April 14. Sólo el 1% de los estudiantes asiste a clases presenciales", "Ciudad. "It is with great pride I inform you that in the City of Buenos Aires, the schools will be open tomorrow," Larreta said at a press conference on Sunday. [282] Housing projects, which had been unfinished for years, were also occupied in some areas. Certificado de circulación - coronavirus COVID-19. Today Health Minister Ginés González García stated: “We are going to apply a different protocol to passengers who come from Italy. [156] Even so, the way that president Fernández and its government handled the country's response to the spread of COVID-19 resulted in the best numbers of public approval since the president's assumption in December 2019. [185], A restriction to nighttime activities was applied on 11 January 2021 after a rise of the number of COVID-19 cases in the previous weeks. [269][270][271], On 7 September 2020, Buenos Aires Provincial Police protests spiked through the province, fueled by having to deal with COVID-19 in the front line, while not being provided any personal protective equipment and earning a monthly minimum wage of 40,000 pesos (about 430 U.S. dollars), with overtime being paid at 50 pesos (2,30 U.S. dollars) per hour. [58], On 3 July, The Governor of the Catamarca Province confirmed its first case within the province. RELATED: Follow the latest coronavirus updates. [36], On 11 March, the government also announced a mandatory 14-day-quarantine to every person that returned to Argentina from highly affected countries including China, South Korea, Japan, Iran, the United States and all of Europe. Cases from the lineage B.1.1.7 (from the United Kingdom) showed an increase in the frequency of detection of the variant in Greater Buenos Aires during the previous epidemiological weeks. [18], Responses to the outbreak have included restrictions on commerce and movement, closure of borders, and the closure of schools and educational institutions. SAO PAULO (AP) — Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires were a tale of two cities this week, with Brazil’s megalopolis partially shutting down and bracing for possibly the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, while residents of Argentina’s capital were stepping out to movie theaters and restaurants. [83][84][85] Other previously announced vaccines in development would also be acquired to a lesser extent by the government, such as those produced by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, Pfizer and China. It was expected that since 31 July 2020, the teams would be able to return to practice after the players, coaching staff and club employees are tested, following the steps that were taken in European football, making the tournament to return on mid-September. [105], On 19 February, the president asked the Minister of Health Ginés González García to resign, after media reported that people were able to use connections to get access to the COVID-19 vaccines. Students of the last years of primary and secondary public schools would be able to assist voluntarily to the institutions, with protocols indicating that there will not be more than 10 people together, with an assistance of between two and four days per week, from one to four hours, in outdoor spaces. English (en): Map of the COVID-19 pandemic in Buenos Aires and Greater Buenos Aires. Los primeros 100 chicos volvieron a clase en la provincia de Buenos Aires", "Regresan a clases presenciales unos 6.700 alumnos en la provincia de Buenos Aires", "Solo el uno por ciento de los estudiantes en Argentina asistió a clases presenciales", "Sólo el 1% de los estudiantes están habilitados para asistir a clases presenciales", "Emergencia educativa. Buenos Aires Bankers’ Return to Office Imperiled By Covid Surge By ... analysts and back-office employees have had a slower comeback amid some 2.4 million coronavirus … In the first 15 days of September, the provinces of Córdoba, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, Salta, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Tierra del Fuego and Tucumán registered exponential increases in their number of cases, with most of them showing high strain on their healthcare systems. Argentina has begun implementing precautionary measures to fight the spread of coronavirus, after Brazil confirms Latin America's first case of the disease and the number of confirmed cases in Italy continues to grow.. https://bit.ly/2T59dKp. Se realizarán clases presenciales en Buenos Aires a pesar de decreto del gobierno nacional para reducir contagios de covid-19 Por Marlon Sorto , … Before COVID-19, Buenos Aires implemented most of its cycling network on local and collector streets. Copyright© Mediacorp 2021. Buenos Aires Province Health Minister Daniel Gollán said that new measures would be introduced in the region this week, amid a “strong increase in the number of cases” that was having “a strong impact on the entire health system.” "It is worrying how the number of cases is beginning to impact upon the health system,” he said. Read more at straitstimes.com. [55] This led to the suspension of the previously planned president's visit to Catamarca, the only province that has not reported any cases to this date. [243], During October 2020, the opening of educational institutions was confirmed by the Government of the City of Buenos Aires. The COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). [197], Due to the national lockdown, the economical activity suffered a collapse of nearly 10% in March 2020 according to a consultant firm. El plan de vacunación estratégico nacional, gratuito y voluntario que cuenta con distintas etapas definidas en base a criterios epidemiológicos específicos, como la exposición al virus o el riesgo a enfermedad grave a causa del mismo. A woman receives a dose of the Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Tecnopolis Park, in Buenos Aires, Argentina April 15, 2021. [302], As for the human rights situation, claims were made on police brutality,[303] an increase of domestic violence,[304] human trafficking,[305] and the right to freedom of movement. [291][292] This caused demonstrations of people against the occupation, which ended in the National Minister of Security starting legal complaints against the demonstrators. Cómo será la apertura gradual en la Ciudad y qué se podrá hacer desde el lunes", "Cuarentena escalonada: el listado de las medidas anunciadas en AMBA, CABA y GBA", "Government bans social gatherings in Argentina for next 15 days", "Después de 147 días, el Presidente volvió a extender la cuarentena hasta el 30 de agosto", "Cuáles son las cinco ciudades que volverán a una cuarentena estricta a partir del lunes", "Coronavirus en la Argentina. [76], On 2 October, the governor of the province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, isolated with his family after having contact with a government worker that tested positive for COVID-19. [257][258][259][260] The Province of Buenos Aires allowed school activities in 32 bigger districts during November 2020. [31] The other seven Argentines on board, including his wife, remained on the ship in quarantine until February 21. [323][324] Truck drivers also criticized the roadblocks and lockdown control measures in roads, stating they had to wait for up to 20 hours in police checkpoints,[307] and considering the measures as inhumane, among other reasons, for being unable to make bathroom stops for hours. Exception of the lockdown to state, health, food production, drugs production and oil industry workers and security forces, Creation of a government department that works on the pandemic and economic issues, and. The official data from 2021-01-18 included previously confirmed deaths from the provinces of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe that were missed in previous reports and were added after a delay in the loading of data. Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday announced further restrictions for the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) in a manoeuvre to curb the so-called second wave of the covid-19 disease. [72] On 25 September, the Health Access Secretary informed that during the previous week there was a "stabilization trend" in the Greater Buenos Aires area with a "high peak of positive cases". El primer caso de la pandemia del COVID-19 en la provincia de Buenos Aires se dio a conocer el 6 de marzo de 2020 en el partido de San Martín, con una mujer de 67 años que había viajado a Lombardía, Italia. [200], Argentina's economy contracted a record 19.1% in the second quarter of 2020 versus the same period of 2019 as the pandemic crippled production and demand, though was slightly better than analyst forecasts. [61], On 9 August, the Ministry of Health confirmed a total of 61,867 new recoveries on that day. [148] During the first week, 39,599 doses were applied to health professionals. [155] The measures also brought some concerns with the economic impact that it could cause to the country. [196], Until 18 July 2020, there were 181,043 confirmed cases of influenza (down 64.4% versus the same period in 2019), 26,323 cases of pneumonia, 24,643 cases of bronchiolitis in children under 2 years (down 84% versus the same period in 2019), and 9,495 cases of severe acute respiratory infections. [88], On 22 December the flight that would bring the first doses of the Sputnik V vaccine to the country left for Moscow,[90] after negotiations began in early December. View our hotel status during COVID-19. Over 10,000 students in San Juan became the first to return to face-to-face classes through social distancing on 10 August. [1][2][3][4] As of 19 April 2021[update] a total of 2,714,413 people were confirmed to have been infected, and 59,476 people were known to have died because of the virus. Schools in Buenos Aires will open on Monday (April 19) morning. [169] Cities with population over 500,000 inhabitants are still under mandatory lockdown due to the communitary transmission of the virus. [114], On 23 March 2020, Argentina's President Fernández asked the president of China, Xi Jinping, for 1,500 ventilators as Argentina had only 8,890 available. [14] May ended with 16,838 confirmed cases, 539 deaths and 5,323 recoveries. The patient was later transferred to a hospital in Japan. [186][100] The curfew would run daily from 1–6 a.m., being intended to reduce the circulation of the virus. [251][252][253], In November 2020, the City of Buenos Aires allowed a progressive back to school for all students,[254][255] and then announced that the 2021 school year would start earlier than usual, on 17 February 2020,[256] with teachers unions protesting against the reopening of schools. [339], The first cases of COVID-19 reached Argentine television in June 2020. [274], Argentina has a long-standing housing access and slums problem, which was only worsened by the pandemic. [198] In March 2020, the primary fiscal deficit jumped to US$1,394 million, an 857% increase year-to-year. The official data from 2020-10-01 included 3,050 deaths from the Province of Buenos Aires confirmed on 2020-09-25 that were missed in previous reports and were added after a delay in the loading of data. Wearing a face mask was made obligatory for everyone on public transit and everyone who contacts with the public in their position. [11] The lockdown was lifted throughout all the country, excepting the Greater Buenos Aires urban area (where 31.9% of the country's population live),[12] on 10 May, with Greater Buenos Aires locked down until 24 May,[13] later extended to 7 June,[14] and then 28 June, after a big jump in the number of new cases in this area. Covid-19 shutters hundreds of businesses in Buenos Aires Argentinians were already struggling through a 3-year recession when Covid-19 hit the country. [69][70] They both described that were "asymptomatic" and also "complying with isolation and all medical recommendations". This was fueled by the lockdown and how difficult it was for the house owners (most of them from Greater Buenos Aires) to access their properties and reinforce security. [97] On 6 January, the Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, tested positive for COVID-19. [37][38], On 15 March 2020, it was announced that the government would close its borders for a total of 15 days to non-residents and national parks, and the suspension of public and private school classes in all levels and flights from highly affected countries for 30 days. Openings in internal areas in bars and restaurants, gyms, artisan fairs, public pools, museums and schools were confirmed to apply in Buenos Aires. [6] The person was not among the eight already diagnosed with the disease and was diagnosed post-mortem. 35,000 of these companies were considering to close their business. [286] Some government members initially refused evictions of occupied land,[287] but days later turned into a more critical view. Download our app or subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on the coronavirus outbreak: https://cna.asia/telegram. [91] 300,000 doses arrived on 24 December,[92] with the vaccination campaign beginning on 29 December. [295], On 4 May 2020, the government announced a new protocol that orders that public transportation will only occupy 60 percent of its capacity. [99][100][101], The first case from the lineage B.1.1.7 of the virus was confirmed on 16 January, one month after being reported in the United Kingdom in mid-December. Two teachers' unions said they would walk off the job on Monday to protest in favor of the decree requiring schools to close. Porteño tutorials. The Buenos Aires Underground, known as el Subte, is over 100 years old and was the first underground railway in Latin America. The three-week extension of the lockdown, which had been due to expire June 7, will impact the capital city, the province of Buenos Aires and some other areas that … Later, after 820 confirmed cases were reached, the Ministry of Health started the delivery of 35,000 reactives to expand the number of laboratories for diagnosis to all 24 jurisdictions in order to decentralize the testings,[117] making the number of testings increase over time. Seven border crossings opened temporarily to allow the repatriation of Argentina's inhabitants. Details Set in the exclusive Recoleta neighbourhood, Four Seasons is a combination of an early-20th-century mansion and a contemporary high-rise, offering the best of modern comfort with European-style glamour. [15] New activities allowed in the area included opening of shops in "low concentration" areas, outdoor walks with children on the weekends, outdoor physical activities from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., and religious services by streaming, among other measures taken by each municipality. Also, eight deaths from influenza were registered through that date, from which three of them also tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. [14][171] Later, on 4 June 2020, the lockdown was extended again until 28 June 2020 in the Greater Buenos Aires area after the country just surpassed 20,000 cases. [344], Through the beginning of September, several journalists, hosts, crew and famous personalities from television and radio tested positive for the virus.