With the uptick in coronavirus cases on the global stage and with South America as an epicenter, the chancellor of Argentina, Felipe Solá, spoke of possible future measures. The holder of Esmeralda 1212 reiterated a few moments ago that the national government “discourages people from leaving” outside the country and argued that “the problem is not to leave” but to “re-enter” due to the evolution of the epidemiological situation.” For now we do not recommend that people leave, since the problem is not to leave, the problem may be to re-enter, and for airlines to start lifting flights,” the official said.
Felipe Solá, Chancellor of the Argentine Republic | Photo: NA
In dialogue with El Destape radio, the chancellor’s holder assured that in relation to the situation arising from the pandemic “foreigners have long been banned from entering unless they can be cited for a reason or have a specific interest here”. Solá indicated that “borders are closed with Uruguay, with Paraguay, with Bolivia, and that obviously creates problems. The only place that has been left in is Ezeiza.” Similarly, the chancellor recalled that there are “restrictions for Argentines or residents who enter, who have to bring PCRs made in authorized laboratories and if they arrive with Covid-19 they will have to pay for a hotel”. The national government has been working to define “as soon as possible” a battery of measures to slow the rise of coronavirus contagions but at the moment rules out the possibility of confinement or restrictions on circulation for slots.
New vaccines are expected to arrive in the coming days
This week, the Chief of Staff, Santiago Cafiero, met at Casa de Gobierno with the Minister of Transport, Mario Meoni, and officials of the Ministry of Health and the Legal and Technical Secretariat to define restrictive measures in the coming days. As they explained, these measures, which could govern “from the weekend,” would seek to “strongly” reduce people’s entry from abroad from “drastic restrictions” on flight frequency. The Venezuela case
The chancellor assured that the Argentine government’s decision to leave the Lima Group was to “formalize something that had been going on since December 2019,” while kept that “there is no change” in Argentina’s “international position” with respect to Venezuela or the United States. Solá recalled this morning that “we had not been signing any statements from them (alluding to the Lima Group) and it was formalizing something that had been happening”.
The holder of St. Martin’s Palace also indicated that “we were consulted through the embassy in Washington and told (to the United States Government) that we belonged to the European Union Contact Group, and we did that long ago; now all we did was formalize that exit.” The Contact Group plans to discuss the non-progress of any kind in relation to Venezuela, which did not happen with the Lima Group”.
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