03/29/2021 7:40 AM
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 03/29/2021 9:17 AM
The Government decided this Monday to prohibit "temporarily, entry, through any of the land border crossings" for people who
have left Argentina by that same route "between April 1 and December 25, 2020" .
In this way, it will no longer be possible to enter the country by land, since in December those border crossings had been enabled only for those who had left between April 1 and December 25, 2020.
The measure, which is added to the request to reinforce compliance with the protocols during Holy Week, was communicated through Provision 763/2021, published this Monday in the Official Gazette.
In this way, the 237 border crossings including the
Paso de los Libres - Uruguayana
,
Sistema Cristo Redentor
,
San Sebastián and Gualeguaychú - Fray Bentos will be
closed to return to the country, which had been opened. in recent months.
Meanwhile, the
Ezeiza
international airport
, the
San Fernando
airport
and the port of the
Buquebús
terminal
will be the only places authorized to enter.
The measure was taken due to concerns about the new strains of coronavirus and the Executive's fear of a possible second wave of infections.
"In Argentina, in the last week,
there was an increase in the number of cases and new variants
of SARS-CoV-2
were detected
, related to travelers or their contacts," argues the official provision.
And it justifies that "
this measure is reasonable
and proportionate in relation to the threat and health risk facing the country and is part of the set of measures and actions that the National State is carrying out."
It is also recalled that flights from
Brazil
,
Mexico
and
Chile
are suspended
and that only the arrival of aircraft "necessary for the return of nationals and foreign residents who are in the indicated destinations will be allowed."
Although the Ministry of Transport will define the way in which they will return, which may be "gradually" and "according to the operational capabilities of the international crossings enabled."
Restrict flights
"All international regular operations services, which were approved as of March 29, 2021, will be rescheduled, for the same scheduled days, but at different times," states the ANAC resolution of March 27.
Ezeiza will continue to be one of the places of entry into the country, previous tests against the coronavirus.
The objective of this measure, which is added to the suspension of flights from
Brazil, Mexico and Chile (in addition to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, which was already in force since the end of December 2020)
, is to prevent the spread of new strains of the viruses already circulating in several countries.
Starting on Saturday, people entering Argentina must undergo
two "tests for SARS-CoV-2,"
one "upon arrival in the country and the other on the seventh day of entry."
In addition, they will have to
bear the “cost of both”
.
If the first result is negative, you will have to make an isolation "for a term of 7 days from the collection of the sample", although they may do so "at the respective addresses reported for this purpose in their sworn declaration of entry into the country."
On the other hand, if it tests positive, a PCR should be done "for genomic sequencing, as indicated by the National Reference Laboratory" and they will be derived to "carry out the isolation in the places established by the national authorities.
The cost of these places will be in charge of the Argentine citizen or resident foreigner who enters the infected country.
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