translated from Spanish: Alberto Fernandez suspended his visit to Mendoza

President Alberto Fernández was to visit the province of Mendoza for the first time as head of state, where the health situation due to the pandemic is increasingly critical and records a sustained increase in cases Last week, during an interview with TN, President Alberto Fernández had advanced his intention to travel to Mendoza to support the radical governor Rodolfo Suárez , but official sources reported to Télam, the trip will be rescheduled for later. On Monday, August 31, the President arranged the measure of social estating for several provinces, including Mendoza. However, a day later, Suárez issued a decree imposing restrictions, until September 23 inclusive, for the urban center of the metropolitan area of Gran Mendoza, made up of the departments of Las Heras, Ciudad de Mendoza, Godoy Cruz, Guaymallén, Maipú and Luján de Cuyo.From the first days of September the number of infections in Mendoza grew and the authorities of the province advanced that it could be returned to a more restrictive phase again , if case escalation continues. That is why the national government sent to the province a Hercules aircraft with respirators, infusion pumps, monitors and personal protective equipment to reinforce the tasks of prevention and care for coronavirus patients, through the National Directorate of Health Emergency.

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