Restrictions by the Covid: in the Government they analyze 'a strong closing' from the weekend

Ignacio Ortelli

05/17/2021 12:22 PM

• Clarín.com

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Updated 05/17/2021 1:35 PM

After the tour of Europe in which he took a break from the local agenda and the internal ones in the ruling party,

Alberto Fernández

returned to the Casa Rosada this Monday and begins to walk the road towards a new announcement by the restrictions to stop the advance of the coronavirus.

The President arrived around 11 a.m., alone, and headed for his office located on the first floor.

Then, just a few minutes later, he set up a meeting with the Chief of Staff,

Santiago Cafiero

, and the Legal and Technical Secretary,

Vilma Ibarra

, to evaluate the measures to be adopted starting next Friday, when the decree of necessity and urgency expires. .

Although they clarify that a whole week of evaluation is missing,

the Government admit that "it is not unreasonable" to

think of a strong closure of the quarantine, for a limited time, as proposed by the Province, to cut the growth of the contagion curve. 

As he indicated this Sunday night on C5N, the head of state is preparing to sign a new DNU if finally Congress does not approve the law for the management of the pandemic, a project that could only have half sanction from the Senate this Wednesday.

"If the law is not there,

the only alternative is for a DNU to re-enforce the restrictions

, which are very necessary," said Fernández, who together with his collaborators must define whether, after the adverse ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice for the face-to-face classes in the City of Buenos Aires, the suspension in the text of the decree again insists.

Everything suggests that this will be the case. 

In any case, regarding the restrictions, in Balcarce 50 they discount that "at least the current ones will be renewed" and they do not rule out that there are new measures.

It aims to reinforce the decline in circulation

. 

The declarations of the Buenos Aires Deputy Minister of Health, Nicolás Kreplak, who once again called for "a strong closure", did not sound excessive to national officials.

More: there are those who maintain that the health situation did not improve compared to what was expected on April 30, when Alberto F. extended the quarantine.

"

It is not unreasonable to think about that

. There is a plateau of cases that is too high," they consider.

And they point out that social relaxation did not change either: "The cases fell at the beginning, now we are on a plateau and in some districts they have grown again."

Not only do they look with concern at what is happening in the Metropolitan Area of ​​Buenos Aires, but they also point to the spot in the central area of ​​the country, such as Córdoba and Santa Fe, where the number of cases continues to rise steadily.

The officials' analysis goes along the same lines as what was stated by Fernández, who analyzed that

"there is a sort of subsidence a little lower, but more needs to be done

.

"

The head of state arrives emboldened after warning, on his tour of Europe, of the harsh restrictions imposed by world leaders.

One of those who marked this situation was his spokesman, Juan Pablo Biondi, during his time in France.

"

Curfew in Paris. From 7:00 p.m. everything closed, everyone inside, everyone taking care of themselves,

" he wrote, in a subtle response to the criticism that the government usually receives for the measures. 

In this context, if the hard closure of Kreplak does not prosper, the Government admit that other alternatives are being analyzed: from extending the time slot of suspension of circulation to a narrowing in the list of essential activities to access public transport. 

At the same time, to cut off social relaxation outside of work activities, an alternative measure under evaluation arises, which was already discussed weeks ago, but which finally did not have consensus in the Government: a strong closure at least on the weekend .

Axel Kicillof's

administration

, with the controls at Panamericana that Saturday, May 1, has already carried out its own pilot test. 

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