05/19/2021 3:36 PM
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 05/19/2021 3:38 PM
The City Government
evaluates a strict closure during the weekends
with the aim of reducing infections and controlling especially social gatherings in closed places, one of the points of greatest incidence in the increase in cases.
The measure is under evaluation by the Buenos Aires authorities and includes a series of harsh restrictions to contain the second wave that for several days has started again, according to the sources of the City.
In principle, they would seek an almost total closure of businesses throughout the weekend.
Thus, only the essential premises -food, pharmacies and hardware stores, among others- would remain open and it would be sought that restaurants and bars can only serve under the delivery or take away modality.
In this way, they could no longer serve customers at the outdoor tables as is authorized today.
The latter is one of the measures that generates the most discussions inside the City.
Some believe that it would be a very hard blow for the gastronomic sector that has already been damaged since March of last year by the effects of the pandemic.
The idea that they handle for businesses that are not essential is that they open Monday through Friday from 11 in the morning to reduce circulation.
Although in principle they will not close the parks and squares if the playgrounds would be canceled and the controls would be duplicated to avoid crowding.
Only ten people could meet outdoors.
In addition, they evaluate canceling group sports even outdoors.
To try to enforce these measures, City personnel were opened to visit squares, parks and streets to control that there are no crowds and that people comply with the protocols for the use of masks.
In principle, school attendance would be maintained, although it would be possible to go to some mixed scheme in secondary and some primary grades.
Although in principle the initial level and the primary level would continue under the face-to-face modality.
The Buenosairean idea is to maintain until the maximum that the schooling is possible mainly because they believe that the protocols managed that the cases do not multiply within the establishments.
These ideas will be discussed, in addition to internally, with the national and provincial authorities that are also evaluating tougher measures.
From the Casa Rosada they say that the new measures have not yet been defined and that they will be finalized after the meetings with experts and governors that will begin this Wednesday afternoon.
Although they rule out going to phase 1, because they consider that it would be very difficult for citizens to comply with, if they will maintain the prohibition of face-to-face classes and aim for activities to be closed at an earlier time.
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