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Health minister: Argentina will need 'gradual exit' from lockdown

31-03-2020 14:52 Health Minister Ginés González García says officials are already studying how to reactivate the economy after April 12 and suggests that industries with younger, less vulnerable workforces will return to work first.

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Brazilian court orders government to stop quarantine denials

29-03-2020 18:33 Federal court bans government from disseminating propaganda against confinement measures aimed at controlling the coronavirus pandemic.

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WeWork in crisis: ‘Workplaces will never be the same after this’

25-03-2020 19:32 WeWork’s strategy consisted in packing the most people in the less space possible to maximise revenue from each co-working office. Now, this approach seems obsolete with the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Coronavirus in Argentina: Worst yet to come, quarantine may be extended

24-03-2020 12:03 Extension of nationwide lockdown is "a possibility" admits President Fernández, as experts warn the number of confirmed cases will double or treble in the coming weeks as testing is decentralised.

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More than 8,000 detained since Friday for breaking mandatory quarantine

23-03-2020 13:15 The figure was confirmed this morning by Security Secretary Eduardo Villalba, during an interview with the Futurock radio station.

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Officials confirm 31 new cases of coronavirus, taking total to 128

20-03-2020 12:55 There are now 128 people who have been infected with the new coronavirus in Argentina, of which three have died, according to data from the Health Ministry.

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Paralysis for Latin America with lockdowns, border closures

20-03-2020 12:30 Brazil closes land borders and Argentina enters nationwide lockdown, as Mexico and Peru report their first virus deaths.

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President Fernández orders nationwide lockdown in bid to contain virus

20-03-2020 00:15 Alberto Fernández announces "preventative and compulsory" lockdown of Argentina, from midnight tonight until March 31, in bid to stop the spread of coronavirus.

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New daily high pushes number of confirmed Covid-19 cases to 97

18-03-2020 22:23 A new new daily high of 19 new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus have been recorded in Argentina, officials announce, lifting the total number of confirmed diagnoses to 97.