They limit travel to and from risk areas to avoid more Covid-19 infections

The decree recommends “travel restrictions from or to the affected areas and from or to the affected areas at greater risk, giving an intervention to the competent authorities for their implementation”. These restrictions will apply to travel, whether by air, sea or land, from or to affected and high-risk areas.

At the same time, it specifically established who must comply with mandatory segregation and its exceptions.

The Ministry of Health will provide the population with information on< zones touchées >> and the< zones touchées les plus à risque >>, as well as on the epidemiological situation, concerning the propagation, containment, mitigation and vaccination of the disease, under the supervision of confidentiality on the identity of the persons concerned, unless expressly authorized by them, in accordance with the regulations on the protection of professional secrecy, says the decree.

To date, the standard emphasizes that all countries in the world are considered “areas affected” by the pandemic, and those with community circulation of new variants of the virus, which may condition the country’s response capacity and require specific health measures.

The new measures bear the signature of President Alberto Fernández; the chief of staff, Santiago Cafiero, and all the ministers, including the Minister of Justice, Marcela Losardo, until Thursday.

The government is concerned about the entry into the country of the British, Brazilian and South African variants of Covid-19 which are suspected to be more contagious and aggressive than the original strain that triggered the pandemic.

Argentina’s health ministry reported 134 deaths tonight and 8,204 new infections reported in the past 24 hours.