Daniel Gollan estimated that in the last quarter of the year they could lift restrictions due to the coronavirus and return to greater normalcy

In the midst of the second wave of contagion coronavirus, The Buenos Aires government has indicated that it believes that it is only in the last months of the year that restrictions to prevent transmission of the disease could end. Provincial Minister of Health Daniel Gollan said they hope that “by the last quarter” he will “be faced with a return situation greater normality ”. He explained that the limits will be less as the COVID-19 vaccination progresses, although he clarified that this will depend on the number of infections.

He explained that they have adopted the model that has been used in other countries and cities around the world such as Germany, Israel and New York, with a strategy of opening and closing of activities according to the panorama of the pandemic. He argued that he “plays a balance which will depend on the cases” and whether they succeed in reducing the number of infections. He said that “with all due care” they may allow certain activities “for a while”, which they may close later.

In the moments when the suspension of face-to-face classes in the suburb of Buenos Aires, he explained that Israel “has closed the education section three times, New York does it every now and then if it exceeds 150” and “Germany manages 165 per 100,000 “.

In daily statements Profile, sHe argued that the variables with which they try to control the transmission of the virus are infections “related to the movement of people and the number of people vaccinated, mainly those with major and essential comorbidities”. He said they employ strategies based on these factors “ to try and get cases that get sick not serious and do not saturate the system ”.

He said they expected cases to spike later with the onset of cold weather, but that the increase “started about a month earlier.” He explained that this was due to the fact that “they got variants much more contagious “which has spread to”seven times more than the original virus ”.

He claimed that “an algorithm from the University of Tres de Febrero says this could be the current peak” although he clarified that “the same algorithm claims that if we send everyone to a normal life, we will have a very high peak ”. That is why he said they must maintain “a time with measures to prevent viral circulation and vaccinate”, and reiterated that “while the faster we vaccinate, we end up like Israel or the United States ”, where there are larger openings for the large number of people vaccinated.

Regarding the situation in the metropolitan area, he said that “13 and a half million people are on the move with whom almost the entire country interacts” “it was impossible” that there would be no peak in COVID-19 infections. He said they had to give “a much faster response” unlike the interior, an area which he said “had four or five months” to prepare.