Fabian Debesa
04/07/2021 20:41
Clarín.com
Cities
Updated 04/07/2021 8:41 PM
Greater Buenos Aires and the most populated cities of the Province will return from the first minute of this Friday to
a new Phase 3
of isolation, in an attempt to stop the onslaught of the second wave of coronavirus.
In line with the announcements of the Presidency, Axel Kicillof agreed with the mayors of the suburbs to adopt
more restrictive measures
.
They will be accompanied by official provisions to assist the sectors that, once again, will be affected by the economic impact of the decline in the epidemiological picture.
The urge to limit citizen circulation is sustained by
the new record of infected: 11,059
throughout the territory of the Province.
And the correlate in the fatigue on the health system: there is a 64.5% occupation of the therapy beds in the AMBA health centers.
The focus will be on
containing recreation, nightlife and recreation
.
But in addition, the governor asked the mayors for a greater "commitment" to control each of these items.
"We would have preferred that the Nation had greater limitations on recreational activity. But we will act according to the national decree," they explained in a government office.
Kicillof will provide details at a press conference scheduled for this Thursday at 9 in the center of the Buenos Aires capital.
Kicillof will offer details of the new restrictions in the Province this Thursday at 8. Photo Mauricio Nievas
The provincial authorities will maintain the
differentiation
scheme
in epidemiological treatment.
Until now, there were 110 communes in phase 4 and 25 in phase 5 of social distancing or new normality.
"It is probable that with the multiplication of cases that was registered since that map was established -on March 30-,
more than half of the Province will
remain in the new phase 3," health sources explained.
The 45
bingo halls
and the seven
provincial
casinos
will close
their doors again until -at least- the last day of April.
The
classroom activity in schools
will remain "depending on the particular situation of each district ,
" they argue in government.
The first union demonstrations have already appeared demanding a "return to virtuality" and the suspension of the attendance of teachers and students to the classrooms.
Kicillof seeks to buy time.
A year ago it was to "strengthen the health system."
Now to
extend the vaccination
.
This Wednesday another record was registered: it was the application of immunization doses.
As officially reported, 82,138 injections were given.
That was also discussed with the mayors.
And to
transfer the weight of the controls
of the new provisions.
The communal leaders of the opposition asked the Government for a more intense and coordinated teamwork between the municipalities and the acceleration of the tests to identify possible infected and isolate them automatically.
"Measures to limit or restrict activities are useless if we do not test, isolate and vaccinate intensively," said the mayor of Vicente López, Jorge Macri.
The mayors argue that if the 320 municipal vaccinations are used, 75% of the population living in the districts led by the opposition could be immunized.
The SUTEBA vaccination center in San Isidro.
Photo Lucia Merle
In the virtual meeting there was also a request to emphasize public policies to
assist the sectors of the economy
that are affected.
Kicillof sent two bills to the provincial Legislature, one for Productive Strengthening and the other for Unified Monotax, which through a moratorium on the payment of patrimonial debts and a simplified gross income regime seek to benefit more than 4 million taxpayers and 3,800 companies, including SMEs.
The objective is to underpin the productive recovery of the Province, explained in the Interior.
Some municipalities anticipated restrictions.
The mayor of La Plata, Julio Garro (JxC), decided to restrict the closure of night activities at midnight from Monday and prohibit artistic demonstrations in bars and breweries, given the growth of infections in the city.
With the therapy rooms at 90% occupancy in the provincial capital and more than 800 positive cases daily, urgent measures were imposed.
It also agreed with the commercial sector
a restriction on customer service in non-essential shops
: they will open from 9 to 19.
Inside there are also overflows due to the pandemic.
Social gatherings, sports competitions and cultural, social, recreational and religious events were suspended since Tuesday in the Buenos Aires municipality of
Olavarría
.
It was after verifying an "exponential increase in coronavirus infections", according to the mayor Ezequiel Galli (JxC).
La Plata (Correspondent)
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