News of outbreak

More than 20,000 shops reopen in Buenos Aires City

08-06-2020 14:24 Runners were everywhere and more than 20,000 clothes and shoe shops in the capital were allowed to open on Monday, as Argentina began a gradual reopening following more than two months of coronavirus lockdown.

Villa in Buenos Aires Province sealed off amid surge in Covid-19 cases

26-05-2020 14:54 Authorities shut off Villa Azul, a low-income neighbourhood in Buenos Aires Province, after 92 new cases of Covid-19 are confirmed. Residents may not leave without permission.

First two Covid-19 cases confirmed in Villa 31 shantytown

24-04-2020 17:25 A 43-year-old woman and 35-year-old woman have tested positive for Covid-19 in the villa, located in Retiro.

'We refuse to die in prison': Villa Devoto prison inmates riot amid pandemic

24-04-2020 16:34 Prisoners set fire to mattresses and riot arguing for house arrest due to coronavirus. Eleven prison officials have been hospitalized for minor burns.

Three provinces – Catamarca, Chubut, Formosa – still have no Covid-19 cases

09-04-2020 18:43 There are more than 1,795 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Argentina, yet three provinces have yet to officially report a diagnosis of Covid-19. Why?

Casa Rosada, provincial governments now recommend using face masks

08-04-2020 17:38 Amid debate over their effectiveness, some provincial governments in Argentina have ordered citizens to use face-masks when leaving their homes – now the Casa Rosada is suggesting people make their own.

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner returns to Argentina with daughter Florencia

20-03-2020 14:19 Vice-president, who flew to Cuba to visit her daughter as the coronavirus outbreak hit, says the two of them will enter into isolation upon return to Buenos Aires.

Phoneline for quarantine violations receives 1,500 reports on first day

18-03-2020 20:15 #134 phoneline set up by Security Ministry flooded with calls from concern citizens, as coronavirus panic sets in.

by Cecilia Devanna

Kicillof on coronavirus: 'Resisting self-isolation is very irresponsible'

12-03-2020 16:04 In response to the WHO declaring the Covid-19 outbreak a "pandemic," Buenos Aires Province governor calls for "caution, prevention and calm."

Lollapalooza among shows postponed by officials due to coronavirus

12-03-2020 14:13 Football, concerts, and public demonstrations are being cancelled and suspended as public officials advise against gathering of large crowds.

At least 8 in Argentina now diagnosed with coronavirus, officials confirm

06-03-2020 21:31 Eight now diagnosed with the Covid-19 virus, health officials confirm; Experts insist all cases are ‘imported.’

Second case of coronavirus confirmed in Argentina

06-03-2020 08:51 Male, 23, tests positive for Covid-19 after flying back from Italy. He is under quarantine at the Sanatorio Otamendi private hospital in Recoleta.

Coronavirus: WHO tells world to brace for ‘potential pandemic’

24-02-2020 15:34 The World Health Organisation warned countries on Monday to be ready for a "potential pandemic" as the official death toll hit nearly 2,600 and infections in Europe, the Middle East and Asia triggered more drastic efforts to contain the new coronavirus.

Ukrainians hurl stones at China’s evacuees for fear of infection

21-02-2020 12:41 Several hundred residents in Ukraine's Poltava region protested to stop officials from quarantining the evacuees – including at least one Argentine – in their village because they feared becoming infected.

Coronavirus death toll soars to 1,367 as China changes counting methods

13-02-2020 14:20 The number of deaths and new cases from China's COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak spiked dramatically on February 13 after authorities changed the way they count infections in a move that will likely fuel speculation that the severity of the outbreak has been under-reported.

Big oil warned Trump team China trade deal was 'unrealistic'

13-02-2020 14:16 Industry leaders and advisers privately warned the Trump administration that the US will struggle to produce energy products that China has committed to buy in a new trade deal, raising doubts about one of the president’s signature economic achievements.

35 Argentines on cruise face possible coronavirus threat

30-01-2020 14:47 Some 7,000 tourists are stranded onboard a ship 80km from Rome, after 54-year-old Chinese woman started showing symptoms of virus onboard.

China locks down cities and transports to curb virus outbreak

23-01-2020 13:17 China locked down some 20 million people at the epicentre of a deadly virus outbreak on Thursday, banning planes and trains from leaving in an unprecedented move aimed at containing the Coronavirus.