06/29/2021 3:43 PM
Clarín.com
Cities
Updated 06/29/2021 3:43 PM
To stop the arrival in the country of the
Delta variant
of the
coronavirus
, the focus is once again on the Ezeiza airport. In addition to the restriction on flights, greater control is added so that returning passengers comply with a
ten-day quarantine from the test prior to boarding
. Province of Buenos Aires announced four days of mandatory isolation in hotels plus three at home. In the City, for now those who test negative can
isolate themselves in their homes
, unless they do not have the necessary conditions to do so. But the current governing measures are
under continuous review.
The truth is that in the City there is only
one hotel authorized
for travelers who
test positive
for Covid upon arrival in Ezeiza to comply with the quarantine.
It is the
President
, who since March 11 hosted 229 passengers infected with Covid.
At this moment, this hotel has 12 people staying, two from the City of Buenos Aires and 10 from other jurisdictions (Tucumán, Córdoba, Mendoza, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Misiones, Province of Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Río Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz, Catamarca and Uruguay).
Until now,
the Buenos Aires government is in charge of the expenses of the stay
.
Although this Tuesday the Minister of Health, Fernán Quirós, stated in his morning report that the cost of the hotel will be borne by the citizens, "as the national regulations say."
How is the quarantine of those who test negative?
For now, they can fulfill it in their
homes
, but with a follow-up from the Buenos Aires government.
Buenos Aires residents who return from abroad and test negative, for now remain in isolation in their homes.
Photo: Luciano Thieberger
Step by Step
Day 1.
City residents who arrive in Ezeiza and test negative receive a text message explaining that they must
comply with isolation and be tested on the seventh day.
An explanatory email is also sent from return@buenosaires.gob.ar and an access to take the turn to take the test.
Day 2.
Newcomers are contacted by phone from the City Government call center.
Six attempts
are
made.
All the people who could not be contacted receive an email.
Day 3.
People who did not respond to calls from the call center are
visited by a team from the Buenos Aires government,
which confirms that they are complying with the protocol.
The same team also
randomly goes through
the homes of those who could be contacted.
Day 4.
The call center repeats the round of calls.
In each communication, the possibility of taking a turn to be tested is offered again.
Day 5.
New visits to people with whom there was no contact.
Day 6.
New round of calls from the City's call center.
Day 7.
People must go to be tested.
The Buenos Aires Government will send emails to those who do not have a turn advising them that the next day they will be visited to do a test at home.
And, as an alternative, offering them once again a shift to do it at a post.
Day 8.
Those who did not show up for the tests will be called from the call center.
And their homes will be visited to perform the test.
Day 9.
Visits to private homes will be repeated.
NS-SC
Look also
Restrictions for those who return from abroad: how the quarantine will have to be complied with in the City and Province
All Buenos Aires residents who return from abroad must necessarily isolate themselves for 4 days in a hotel
