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City Hall loosens Covid-19 restrictions – the measures

25-06-2021 03:21 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta orders slight relaxation in restrictions for restaurants and bars, theatres, gyms

Kicillof announces ‘gradual’ return of in-person classes in Buenos Aires Province

11-06-2021 23:38 Buenos Aires Province governor announces "gradual" return to classroom schooling as from Wednesday, as part of the new phase of Covid-19 restrictions running until June 25, as well as an agreement with China’s CanSino lab for five million vaccines.

Courting deadlock

08-05-2021 00:28 The whole idea of the separation of powers is to achieve a constructive division of labour, not a collision course in which the component forces cancel each out.

Supreme Court rules in favour of City Hall in education dispute

04-05-2021 13:17 Supreme Court rules in favour of the Buenos Aires City government in its education dispute with the national government, confirming City Hall has the right to decide whether in-person classes in the capital should continue.

City Hall, Casa Rosada await Supreme Court ruling on in-person classes

24-04-2021 00:38 Court declares itself "competent" to take on the issue and will settle the education row between the Buenos Aires City government and the national government.

Covid crisis deepens: Record death toll for second straight day

24-04-2021 00:31 Health Ministry confirms 557 fatalities and almost 28,000 infections over last 24 hours; Doctors call for tighter restrictions as hospital ICU wards fill up.

City Hall tells schools to carry on with classes, despite new court ruling

20-04-2021 23:26 Federal judge reignites education row between the Buenos Aires City and National governments, annulling previous court order authorising in-person classes at schools. City Hall, however, refuses to back down.

Supreme Court says it will rule on row over in-person classes

19-04-2021 16:37 Supreme Court declares itself "competent" to take on the issue and will settle the education row between the Buenos Aires City government and the national government.

Daniel Barenboim: tireless maestro won’t let pandemic slow him down

17-04-2021 08:29 Argentina-born maestro has been on stage for 71 years and says he is always ready to "start again from scratch."

Rodríguez Larreta vows to challenge school closures before Supreme Court

17-04-2021 08:00 Buenos Aires City Mayor says he will do “everything possible to have children in class on Monday,” after president orders schools in AMBA to close for two weeks.

Fernández hits back at Bolsonaro over military's role during pandemic

15-04-2021 12:47 President Alberto Fernández responded to a mocking attack from his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday, following the Argentine leader's announcement of tightened restrictions to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.

President extends curfew, shutters schools to curb Covid-19

15-04-2021 00:48 In 18-minute address to nation, Alberto Fernández says health system must be protected and tightens restrictions in Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area, hoping provincial governments will follow suit. Citizens stage pot-banging protest, opposition denounces new rules.

Buenos Aires Province begins vaccinating those aged 70+

18-02-2021 13:58 Provincial government begins to give first shots of Sputnik V vaccine to citizens aged over 70, using schools and other sites as temporary vaccination centres.

Schools in Argentina finally re-open doors to students

17-02-2021 14:54 Schoolchildren from five of Argentina's 24 regional districts returned to classrooms on Wednesday for the first time in almost a year, as the country began a gradual restart of face-to-face classes. 

UK PM Johnson orders new lockdown, closes schools in England

04-01-2021 17:23 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced new strict coronavirus restrictions, closing schools and ordering a third national lockdown for England.

2020 is coming to an end, luckily

26-12-2020 09:24 The spotlight on justice is irreversible and its consequences have defined the year, along with the coronavirus.

by Beatriz Sarlo

Dozen secondary schools re-open doors in Buenos Aires City

13-10-2020 16:44 Twelve schools re-opened their doors in the capital on Tuesday, with teachers hosting the first face-to-face classes in Buenos Aires City for seven months.

Education officials authorise return of classes under ‘traffic light’ scheme

10-10-2020 08:39 Federal Education Council unanimously approves re-opening of classrooms in educational institutions, subject to the discretion of each district.

Lifting lockdown? Against coronavirus, no one size fits all

24-04-2020 13:37 Without a tried-and-tested action plan for how to pull countries out of coronavirus lockdown, the world is seeing a patchwork of approaches.

12 new people test positive for coronavirus, lifting total to 68

16-03-2020 21:47 The update, which involves new cases diagnosed in the last 24 hours, is the largest daily rise yet since the coronavirus outbreak began.