Tag: lockdown

• Tuesday, May 25th 2021 - 09:36 UTC

  Those who left Buenos Aires must stay where they are until May 31: Argentine Security Minister

  

  Argentine Security Minister Sabina Frederic Monday warned that those who left their homes in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) for the long weekend which included the May 24 and 25 holidays will not be allowed to return home before May 31, when the current strict confinement is over.

• Saturday, May 22nd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Bolsonaro critical of Lula, Venezuela, Argentina, Communism and lockdowns

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has had words of anything but praise regarding former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Argentina, Venezuela and Communism.

• Tuesday, May 11th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  Chile eases lockdown in Santiago as elections loom over

  

  Chile's capital city of Santiago will be freed from its total lockdown as of this coming Thursday, although confinement will still be observed on weekends, health authorities announced Monday.

• Saturday, May 8th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Quarantine has catastrophic consequences on Argentina's economy, report shows

  

  Argentina's Federal Tax Bureau AFIP data shows 235,381 jobs were lost and around 23,000 companies had closed as the result of the contraction in the economy due to the health measures to control coronavirus, it was reported Friday.

• Tuesday, April 20th 2021 - 10:05 UTC

  Argentina's Supreme Court claims original jurisdiction in face-to-face schooling issue

  

  Argentina's Supreme Court Monday ruled that the issue concerning the City of Buenos Aires' objection to the presidential decree banning on-site schooling until April 30 falls under its very own original jurisdiction as per Article 117 of the Constitution, thus rendering void all previous resolutions by any lower tribunal into that matter.

• Saturday, April 17th 2021 - 11:59 UTC

  Covid-19: Paraguay eyes harsher measures as Easter restrictions yield results below expectations

  

  Paraguay's Health Ministry Friday admitted further restrictions are under consideration after a strict lockdown and other measures imposed during the Easter weekend failed to yield the desired results regarding a slowdown in the spread of the covid-19 disease.

• Thursday, April 15th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina: curfew extended, on-site schooling banned in Buenos Aires amid coronavirus second wave

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday announced further restrictions for the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) in a manoeuvre to curb the so-called second wave of the covid-19 disease.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Full lockdown in four Colombian cities going through third wave of covid-19

  

  The Colombian government Tuesday imposed a full-scale lockdown on the cities of Bogota, Medellin, Barranquilla and Santa Marta as new covid-19 infections push Intensive Care Units to their limit, it was reported.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2021 - 09:54 UTC

  Argentina: Experts advise further restrictions necessary to curb coronavirus spread

  

  Argentine Chief of Cabinet, Santiago Cafiero and Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Monday met online with a committee of experts to assess the country's current covid situation. The recommendation was, as expected, harsher restrictions.

• Monday, April 12th 2021 - 10:20 UTC

  Argentine Government to discuss further restrictions as coronavirus cases soar

  

  Argentina's Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero and Health Minister Carla Vizzotti are to hold a meeting Monday to discuss additional measures as the spread of the coronavirus pandemic seems increasingly out of control.