04/07/2021 23:52
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 04/07/2021 23:52
The Legal and Technical Secretary of the Presidency, Vilma Ibarra, reported on Wednesday night that
"
Argentine flights abroad
are not restricted"
, but warned that
"He who leaves knows that
his re-entry
may
take a long time
."
Ibarra's precision occurs hours after President Alberto Fernández announced the new restrictions due to the second wave of the coronavirus, with a message from the
olive gardens
.
The President informed there that in the areas of greatest epidemiological risk it will not be possible to drive between midnight and 6 o'clock;
Social activities in private homes
will
be suspended
and bars and restaurants will be closed
after 11 pm.
Vilma Ibarra was interviewed by Todo Noticias
"No tourists
enter Argentina
;
only Argentines or resident foreigners can enter
. Those who leave Argentina are informed that their entry into the country may be delayed for a long time," said Ibarra in dialogue with
Todo Noticias,
confirming that they are not Exits restricted.
The official explained, however, that
"
new strains
come from abroad
that generate concern
, of great contagion. We are in a very difficult moment with this second wave, or already third wave in other places."
"We have closed the borders
for tourism since December
, but Argentines and residents" (who travel and return from abroad) "should know that their re-entry may be delayed," he reiterated.
The legal secretary -author of the presidential decrees, such as the one announced- "We have incorporated
a new test
: in case it
tests
positive there is a specific restriction for controlled isolation,
to determine which strain it is
, we have had to restrict and we will continue to restrict the amount of people entering ".
As Clarín reported last Monday,
more than 9,200 Argentines and residents traveled abroad
in the last week despite the flight restriction and the official message to avoid travel in the middle of the second wave that only this Wednesday added more than 22 thousand cases in 24 hours.
Data from the
National Directorate of Migration
showed 9,264 departures abroad of Argentines and foreigners with national documentation between Friday, March 27 and Friday, April 2, of which 44.8% percent are tourists, 26.7% residents in abroad, while 12.8% traveled for work.
6.05% did so because they moved from the country and the other 6.8% for "other" reasons.
Days ago, the Government announced that there was community circulation in the country of the
Manaus coronavirus
variant
, which put Brazil in check and generates fear in the region due to its high contagion.
Through a statement, the detection of cases in the City of Buenos Aires with no epidemiological link or close contact with travelers was confirmed.
That report also warned that community infections were found for the first time in the AMBA of the
California
variant
(CAL.20C).
Thus, the variants detected in Argentina so far are four, since 501Y.V1 from the
United Kingdom
and P.2 from
Rio de Janeiro were also found
.
In the case of the latter two, it was already known about their local circulation.
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