Eduardo Paladini
01/07/2021 10:43
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated on 07/01/2021 23:01
The debate on how to stop the strong rise in coronavirus cases in Argentina opened a
new difference
between the national government and the Buenos Aires one.
While the Casa Rosada was defining the details of the decree with which President Alberto Fernández seeks to establish a
strong nighttime restriction
throughout the country, the
City
administration is
proposing to
close bars and restaurants at those times, but
maintain the possibility of moving
freely.
This was confirmed this Thursday by a high Buenos Aires source to Clarín.
"We believe that it is necessary to attack the social encounters that are taking place
especially in nightclubs, bars, restaurants, public and private spaces
. We agree to close those places from 23/24 hours, but
not restrict circulation,
" he replied this Thursday a Buenos Aires official.
"We must once again
recover the social
and civic
responsibility
that we knew we had before the end of the year - he added -. It is natural due to the time of year, fatigue and the drop in cases, which possibly led to relaxation."
The provinces of Buenos Aires, Chaco, Santa Fe, La Pampa and Corrientes established in the last hours restrictions to the movement in all or part of their territory.
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The same source announced, anyway, that they
will wait for the decree to see how to proceed
.
And he advanced: "Of course we are going to continue working hard and reinforcing the investigation, with the tracking, testing, isolation and follow-up, essential to cut the chain of infections. And we will continue to intensify the tests of those who return from their vacations which is giving very good results. results".
The new differences with the Nation come at a particular time, with the head of the Buenos Aires Government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, infected with Covid and isolated at his home.
Except at the start of the strict quarantine, where there was total harmony between Larreta and Fernández, then differences appeared on how to face the restrictions.
Roughly,
the head of government always promoted more openings
.
And in this sense, the President ended up aligning himself with Governor Axel Kicillof, who was pushing for strict closures.
Something similar would be happening now.
As
Clarín
advanced
this week, the Buenos Aires government wants to follow the evolution of cases day by day to decide the measures and take the proposal to the President.
They believe that the sharp increase in cases -
it went from about 300 to more than 1,000 newspapers in the district
- may be related to the end-of-year demonstrations - a tribute to Maradona, approval of abortion, among others - and the social gatherings for the parties.
Mass infections usually appear with a delay of about 10 days.
The City is testing residents who traveled more than 150 kilometers and were at least 72 hours away from the district.
Therefore, they believe - or wish - that the start of the holidays, with a little less people in the City,
could result in a loss
.
Alberto Fernández, in tune with some infectious diseases specialists, would be in favor of a strong restriction right now.
In the case of Governor Kicillof,
partly under pressure from the mayors
of tourist cities, he believes that one must go from one municipality to another.
And attack the lights where the numbers require it.
