01/03/2021 17:36
Clarín.com
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Updated 01/03/2021 17:36
The head of advisers to the Buenos Aires Ministry of Health, Enio García, revealed this Sunday that the province of Buenos Aires is analyzing the possibility of a "sanitary curfew" given the increase in coronavirus cases, with the focus on the Atlantic Coast.
"There are measures that we know work more and others that have more defects. One knows that it is a set of measures, it is not just one.
They are talking about a sanitary curfew
... it could be an option, it is a letter inside the deck, but it would not have to be the only one, "said the official, in an interview.
"It would be necessary to see how to deal with the issue of the Coast as well. One does not want the season to be canceled,
but some measures must be taken to reduce infections
, which are strong not only in Mar del Plata, but also the Party of the Coast "It is registering many cases.
It will be a key week to take definitions,
" he explained in a dialogue with radio La Once Diez.
He also expressed that
"they are unpleasant measures, but there is no other"
.
He stated that "we want tourism to continue, we know the importance of this activity for the coastal municipalities", but stressed that "there will be no tourism if there is an uncontrollable outbreak, if the Ministry of Health does not manage to respond."
In this sense, he argued: “We cannot combine the worst of two worlds: health chaos and lack of tourism, because a family will not want to go to a place where the risk of contagion is high.
We have to find a balance where we maintain some tourism without this being a time bomb
”.
Regarding the versions about the implementation of a sanitary curfew, García explained that it is something that is already being done in other parts of the world: “Some countries are implementing it and the WHO recommends restricting hours, which affects the theme of bars,
but you have to be careful because it can lead to clandestine parties
”.
The official said that this week will be key in terms of decision-making: "It is possible that these days we will discuss some of the measures in the ministry.
This afternoon we will prepare reports to show the Minister of Health and the Governor
."
Asked about what he would propose to lower the cases, García said: "I would regulate transportation, I would focus on the movement of people and at night.
I would also point to trips to the coast, I would be more punctilious about that
."
Garcia is not the first to speak of a curfew.
Already this Saturday the infectologist
Eduardo López
, a member of the committee that Alberto Fernández advises, warned that, in the event that the number of cases continues to increase as expected, the "health curfew" will be one of the most relevant measures to which the Government could appeal "whether we like it or not."
"If this continues, I have the feeling that there will be important restrictive measures, whether we like it or not. There are several measures, including the sanitary curfew.
It is basically a matter of restricting circulation and activities that carry the risk of increased number of cases
, "said the specialist.
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