03/14/2021 4:37 PM
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 03/14/2021 4:37 PM
One of the sons of the Buenos Aires deputy head of government, Diego Santilli, is part of the group of 44 young people who returned to the country infected with coronavirus after a graduate trip to Cancun, Mexico, as confirmed by their parents.
"Unfortunately he has it again. He returned from his graduate trip and returned with positive Covid. He was swabbed in Ezeiza and has been isolated since Thursday of this week," Santilli told
Radio Miter
, after explaining that in August the young man had already suffered from the disease.
But the first to make the news public was her mother, journalist
Nancy Pazos
, who explained it on her Twitter account.
"Isolated for the next ten days. Covid positive son. I am not a close contact because he isolated himself since he arrived sick from his graduate trip, but I will take care of him so I prefer to avoid any neglect. Second # COVID19 of Nicanor in just six months. To continue taking care of us, "the journalist tweeted.
In addition, Nicanor had been with Covid in August.
So he is a repeat offender.
The first case of double contagion in Pilar.
- N💚ncy P💚zos (@NANCYPAZOS) March 13, 2021
The City reported positive cases to the Nation on a total of 149 members of the delegation.
The antigen tests were carried out on the adolescents as soon as they arrived in the country.
"The Ministry of Health of the Nation ratified the recommendation to avoid travel abroad for non-essential reasons, given the risk of transmission in our country of the new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that circulate internationally," said the Government through a statement.
After insisting on the request to avoid leaving the country, the Government confirmed that those who do so must "present, in a mandatory manner, a negative PCR test within 72 hours prior to shipment."
In addition, upon arrival in the country "you must quarantine for 10 days from the negative PCR, which is also mandatory."
Controls at the Ezeiza Airport.
Photo: Luciano Thieberger.
The idea of discouraging travel abroad is in addition to
the decision to reduce the frequency of flights
arriving in the country from abroad.
Through Administrative Decision 219/2021 published in the Official Gazette, with the signature of the Chief of Staff, Santiago Cafiero;
the Minister of the Interior, Eduardo Wado de Pedro;
and the Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti, it was decided to keep the frequencies of flights from Mexico and Europe reduced to 30% of capacity and, from now on, that same limit will apply to planes arriving from Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama. and Chile.
In addition
, the restrictions that already existed for arrivals from the United States are increased by 10% and by 20%, for those from Brazil.
The decision published this Saturday makes it clear that the Migration Directorate, as well as the National Civil Aviation Administration and the Ministry of Health, "will coordinate the necessary actions to determine the flight schedules and the number of passengers who will enter gradually and daily to the country, especially through flights from Mexico, Europe, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Chile, the United States and Brazil, keeping the frequencies of passenger flights to Mexico and Europe reduced by 30% ".
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