translated from Spanish: Argentina extends quarantine until November 8

After overcoming the million-contagion barrier of the new coronavirus, Argentina will remain quarantined at least until 8 November but with different restrictions depending on the district. President Alberto Fernández announced friday that departments and cities in 16 provinces, including the City of Buenos Aires and the surrounding suburbs, will continue under the mode of preventive and mandatory social isolation as before, which implies that people will be able to circulate only for enabled economic and social activities. The South American country on Monday surpassed one million cases in a trajectory similar to that of several nations in the region, which show a decline in contagions in capitals and an increase in inland localities.” The pandemic continues and its impact is different in every place in our country,” the government said in a statement. “In many cities there is a sustained increase in cases, which causes the health system in these places to be highly demanded in the face of the need to ensure the necessary care for every person who requires it.” President Fernández, in turn, arranged for social, preventive and compulsory estating in eight other provinces that show a decrease in cases. This means that they will be able to carry out most economic and social activities under health protocols established by each jurisdiction. Argentina initially recorded few contagions of the new coronavirus by imposing strict quarantine on 20 March. Today it ranks sixth in the world among the most contagious and dead countries – about 28,000 – a phenomenon that experts attribute to an insufficient number of tests and isolation from confirmed cases. However, the Argentine representative stressed as encouraging fact that “we are on a plateau of 16,000 cases per day.” We put our chests on the situation and stand up. Let’s do it one more time, working side by side we’re going to overcome the pandemic. Let’s have a lot of confidence in us,” Fernandez, Argentina said, will continue with closed borders.

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