Government cuts flights to countries with new strains of coronavirus – economic, financial and trade news

The government will reduce from tomorrow flights to countries where new strains of the coronavirus circulate, given the “concern” about the increase in cases in Brazil, Paraguay and Chile.

This was reported to the NA agency by sources at Casa Rosada, who clarified that “the new resolution will be published tomorrow“, where the countries that will be covered by the measure will be established.

Government sources have argued The chronicler What “They will determine the schedule and the maximum number of passengers entering the country, especially via flights from Mexico, Europe, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Chile, States United of America and Brazil “. In Brazil alone, there are 7,000 Argentinian tourists.

In addition, the government recalled that to enter the country, The presentation of a negative PCR test and the completion of a mandatory 7-day quarantine are required.

In this context, they stated that “The closure of the border with Brazil is not being analyzed”, and they detailed: “Argentines will be discouraged from going to countries where infection and death rates are high”.

“Air traffic abroad will be further reduced. Controls on people arriving from abroad will be deepened: PCR and monitoring of isolation,” said the same sources.

The government has ratified restrictions on entering the country until April 9

The measure comes after last Monday, the country’s health ministers analyzed the internal and external epidemiological and health situation, and recommended “to discourage movement in areas of circulation of new strains of coronavirus”.

According to an official statement, at the meeting of the Federal Health Council last Monday, the heads of the provincial health portfolios “assessed the possibility of adopting new border measures”.

In addition, they analyzed “the adoption of controls for carriers entering the country and agreed on the need to strengthen compliance controls for the isolation of travelers in order to mitigate the impact of the introduction of strains. with greater transmissibility ”.

Last Tuesday, the Minister of Health of Buenos Aires, Daniel Gollan predicted that the national government would analyze the possibility of “severely restricting the departure of tourists abroad”.

“In the decree to be amended on March 12 concerning the measures taken to deal with the pandemic, the decision will be taken to severely restrict the departure of new tourists to areas where the virus is circulating,” Gollan explained during a morning press conference. with the chief of staff of the province Carlos Bianco.

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• Only Argentines or residents who left the country before December 25, 2020 will be allowed to enter through land crossings.; those who have obtained their diploma later must enter through the airports authorized for this purpose, exclusively. Either way, they must have a negative PCR requirement and complete a mandatory 7-day quarantine.
• In the port of Buenos Aires (Buquebs terminal) the entry of Argentines and residents is authorized, and, taking into account the suspension of flights between Uruguay and Argentina, non-resident foreigners who are direct relatives of Argentine citizens and resident foreigners, who enter our country temporarily for reasons of necessity and who do not need a visa.
• The pilot test which allowed the entry of foreign tourists from neighboring countries has been suspended, both through the Ezeiza and San Fernando terminals, as well as through the port of Buquebs.
• It is argued that the border crossings at San Sebastian and Integracin Austral, both located in Tierra del Fuego, Antrtida and the South Atlantic Islands, are exempt from the exit and income restriction, to ensure transit with the Republic of Chile and connection with the rest of Argentina.
• Based on health recommendations, the arrival and departure of flights to and from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland continue to be suspended.