Fabian Debesa
09/18/2020 - 19:26
Clarín.com
Cities
"More than a plateau, I would say that it is a plateau
.
"
Axel Kicillof made the geographical comparison to define the epidemiological situation of Greater Buenos Aires: the statistics mark "a certain stabilization" of daily coronavirus infections, but with a very high number.
For this reason, in this new phase of the quarantine, it will only allow the
“small and medium” construction works
to be resumed
, with strict protocols and the mobility of the operators.
This is the only modification that will apply to the 35 Buenos Aires districts that are part of the AMBA.
A few days ago, the return of the turf was announced at the La Plata, San Isidro, Tandil, Azul and Dolores racetracks, starting next October 1st.
The Buenos Aires area that surrounds the Federal Capital
will continue in the so-called phase 3 of
preventive
isolation
because officials maintain that although there is a “beginning of decline in the AMBA”, for it to persist,
“quarantine conditions
must be
maintained”.
Last week, the average number of positives was 4,750.
"A month ago it was at more than 5,000," explained the Governor in the announcement of the new phase of isolation.
Phases of the municipalities of Buenos Aires
Source:
Govt.
Province of Buenos Aires
Infographic:
Clarín
This scheme Kicillof agreed in Olivos with the President, Alberto Fernández, and the Head of the Buenos Aires government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta.
The summary would be: maintain the current conditions of movement and permits in the districts of Greater Buenos Aires, until confirming that the stabilization of the number of infections is consolidated.
On what do the technicians base to maintain that Buenos Aires is on a plateau in the spread of COVID-19?
In the last week the peak number of cases, from September 10, with 6,252 reported positives, had not been pierced.
From then until Wednesday, that number was never exceeded.
This Thursday it passed (6,319) but with a lot of incidence of those confirmed who arrive from the towns and cities of the interior: it is already
above 20% and follows a growth curve.
That is why the system of phases that the Cabinet Headquarters elaborates and is modified every Monday indicates that
there are only 18 districts in the stage of “social distancing”
, or new normality.
And that the number of communes that had to pass to a stricter category of reduction of movement grew to 73, that is, phase 4. The communal circulation of the plague also settled in the localities of the provincial pampas.
The Quilmes shopping center.
Photo Luciano Thieberger
This panorama of the interior of Buenos Aires is unstable.
The number of infected people is expanding and forces to modify restriction or control situations depending on the evolution of cases in each city.
The governor and the mayors of the interior this week reviewed
the tension in the health system
and the measures to avoid the appearance of outbreaks.
Or the mechanisms to control those explosions when they appear.
The permit for civil works will be in minor undertakings, such as spare parts in family homes.
Also in cases where there is a risk of collapse.
The condition: that it does not require the use of public transport by the workers.
Those who approach the works must do so with their own means.
The take away plus is already a fact in some suburbs.
Photo Marcelo Carroll
Gastronomy
is at the top of the list of sectoral orders that were pending
.
The bars and breweries of the suburbs ask for access to the
“take away plus” model
(to drink from chairs arranged at a distance) or the possibility of installing tables on the sidewalks or patios.
Some municipalities have already advanced without the consent of the provincial Cabinet Headquarters
.
A few blocks from the Governor's Office there are already cafes with tables in the sun.
"We appeal to individual responsibility and we discuss it with the mayors," Kicillof acknowledged.
But he avoided confrontation or allusion to particular cases, as happened in other public presentations.
“The pandemic did not pass.
We are in a difficult moment because the virus is spreading and we are tired.
We do not have to loosen up, "asked the governor. He also suggested that young people" take care "in the imminent arrival of spring." We must
avoid meetings in closed places
.
We have a high incidence of young people among those infected, "Kicillof said.
NS
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