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Nationwide lockdown

Government plans to ease lockdown with limited reopening of banks

Today 08:57 Isolation measures to tackle the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic will be lifted to allow branches to offer limited services, Bloomberg reports.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Government planning ‘gradual, staggered’ exit from lockdown

04-04-2020 08:48 Health officials, CGT leadership confirm that government is studying ‘gradual’ lifting of measures when period of mandatory quarantine ends, as death toll from coronavirus pandemic rises to 42, with more than 1,300 infected.

Coronavirus pandemic

Huge queues outside banks as they open doors during lockdown

03-04-2020 20:23 For the first time since the nationwide lockdown, retired Argentines and receiving social security payments left their homes in droves as banks reopened their branches.

Virus update

Coronavirus may spread through normal breathing: US scientists

03-04-2020 17:41 New coronavirus might spread through the air via normal breathing and speaking, a top US scientist said Friday as the government was poised to recommend the use of face masks for everyone.

Virus casualities

Doctor in Chaco becomes Argentina's 38th fatality from coronavirus

03-04-2020 14:37 Late doctor, named as Francisco Marín, is the 8th death from Covid-19 registered in Chaco Province, which has recorded more than 100 confirmed cases to date.

Football in chaos

South American footballers seek full pay amid coronavirus

02-04-2020 18:03 As players around Europe accept pay cuts amid the coronavirus pandemic, some of their less-well-compensated South American counterparts are fighting for every penny.

Coronavirus pandemic

Grandfather of man who ignored quarantine rules dies from coronavirus

01-04-2020 16:52 Shocking case in Moreno as 71-year-old grandfather passes away. Late victim is believed to have been infected by his own grandson – who ignored mandatory quarantine rules after returning from the United States to attend a party.

Coronavirus pandemic

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.

CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS

Clear communication in times of crisis

31-03-2020 14:34 Flying home on one of the last repatriation flights back to Argentina, I realised just how important it is to communicate clearly in times of crisis.

by Joanna Richardson

Coronavirus pandemic

Fernández fears Bolsonaro’s approach to pandemic will hurt Argentina

30-03-2020 18:55 President Alberto Fernández expresses concerns over his Brazilian counterpart's approach to the coronavirus pandemic, fearing its impact on locked-down Argentina.

Coronavirus pandemic

Brazil's Bolsonaro makes life-or-death coronavirus gamble

30-03-2020 15:58 Even as coronavirus cases mount in Latin America’s largest nation, Bolsonaro is calling the pandemic a momentary, minor problem and saying strong measures to contain it are unnecessary.

Coronavirus pandemic

President Fernández extends mandatory quarantine period until April 12

29-03-2020 22:55 Alberto Fernández praises citizens for complying with shutdown, announces "preventative and obligatory" quarantine period for all citizens will be extended until midnight on Sunday, April 12.

Cornavirus pandemic

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.

MANDATORY QUARANTINE

Government set to extend lockdown until mid-April

28-03-2020 09:53 At least two more weeks of isolation for Argentines is on the cards, according to Casa Rosada sources. Death toll rises to 17, with 690 confirmed Covid-19 infections recorded to date.

QUARANTINE

More than 140,000 apprehended for violating quarantine

28-03-2020 08:31 Argentina’s mandatory quarantine period is set to extend until Easter Sunday (April 12) and could stretch into May.

by Cecilia Devanna

Coronavirus Pandemic

Surveys show strong support for Fernández's handling of virus crisis

27-03-2020 15:26 Although economic concerns run high among the Argentine population, polling suggests most Argentines approve of Peronist leader's measures to mitigate the harms of Covid-19.

by Jennifer Heiman

Social cost of shutdown

Report: Shutdown will hurt Argentina's poorest families more than virus

26-03-2020 18:03 Report by IDESA institute argues shutdown and paralysis of economic activity in Argentina will "produce greater social costs than those of illness."

Mandatory quarantine period

Report: Nationwide lockdown set to be extended until Sunday 12 April

26-03-2020 17:39 Two more weeks of isolation for Argentines is on the cards, according to Casa Rosada sources, but government may ease restrictions in provinces that do not have infections.

Bloomberg

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.

MANDATORY QUARANTINE

28 year-old arrested in Buenos Aires for ‘hunting Pokémons’

24-03-2020 16:24 Young man arrested by City police in Monserrat after being found wandering streets playing popular mobile phone game.

by Ezequiel Spillman

Coronavirus pandemic

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.

Pandemic in Latin-America

Bolivia begins total quarantine, postpones presidential election

23-03-2020 18:27 Bolivian interim leader Jeanine Áñez announced a complete quarantine to come into effect from Sunday in a bid to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Coronavirus pandemic

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.

Coronavirus pandemic

President Alberto Fernández's letter to Argentines on coronavirus shutdown

20-03-2020 14:55 Read President Alberto Fernández's letter to the Argentine people, detailing the motives for his decision to order a nationwide lockdown in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

Pandemic Outbreak

Africa, Latin America fragile targets for coronavirus spread

20-03-2020 14:37 With the coronavirus now moving into parts of the world that are the least prepared, countries are grappling with limited ventilators, healthcare workers, and ICU beds.

Coronavirus Quarantine

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.

Coronavirus pandemic

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.

Coronavirus pandemic

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.

Coronavirus pandemic

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.

Argentine striker

Higuaín leaves Juventus quarantine to return to Argentina

19-03-2020 18:39 Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuaín has left the team's quarantine and returned home to Argentina, according to multiple reports in Italy on Thursday.

Coronavirus pandemic

Governors to meet President Fernández for talks on 'total quarantine'

19-03-2020 12:32 Reports suggest "total quarantine" being considered by president, who will meet with governors at 5pm at Olivos.

Coronavirus pandemic

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.

Coronavirus Outbreak

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

Love in the time of coronavirus

Two places in north put in lockdown after reckless love affair

18-03-2020 15:42 The town of Selva and the city of Ceres have been in isolation for nearly a week now, as a result of a love affair gone wrong as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Pandemic Outbreak

Government steps up efforts to bring stranded Argentines home

18-03-2020 11:39 The first Aerolineas Argentinas flight left Miami on Wednesday morning, bringing stranded Argentines and foreign nationals back home.

Pandemic Outbreak

World virus infections hit 200,000; Borders jammed in Europe

18-03-2020 10:55 Fearing a global shutdown, the United States, Britain and the Netherlands announce rescue packages totalling hundreds of billions of dollars.

Coronavirus pandemic

Fernández vows to clamp down on virus price gouging

17-03-2020 12:04 Peronist president says he will put "AFIP to work against speculators," saying he will not "tolerate rogues taking us for fools."

Coronavirus Pandemic

Education minister tells Argentina's students: 'It's not a vacation’

16-03-2020 15:13 Education Minister Nicolás Trotta announces plans to cope with school shutdown, after government suspends all classes until March 31 due to coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus Consequences

Coronavirus: Buenos Aires City Government bans events, large gatherings

12-03-2020 09:37 Museums and tour busses will also cease all activity in an effort to limit foreign tourist activity in the nation's capital.

Covid-19 in LatAm

Argentina, Colombia to isolate travellers from coronavirus-hit nations

11-03-2020 12:57 Argentina and Colombia on Wednesday announced that travellers from the countries worst-affected by the new coronavirus would be isolated to protect the wider population.

Coronavirus outbreak

Buenos Aires City mayor urges caution as coronavirus numbers creep up

09-03-2020 13:59 In the capital, there are now nine confirmed cases of Coronavirus, all of which recently returned from traveling, and an additional 70 people are under quarantine. To date, there has been one death.

Coronavirus outbreak

Suspected cases of coronavirus in Argentina rises to eight

04-03-2020 12:39 Neighbouring Chile also reported its first confirmed case of the coronavirus on Tuesday, with patients now under observation in Buenos Aires Province, Córdoba and Entre Ríos.

CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

Weather, protests hamper Ukraine's Coronavirus quarantine bid

20-02-2020 13:46 Ukraine's effort to evacuate more than 70 people from China, including a number of Argentines, due to the outbreak of the new COVID-19 virus delayed.