The government extended the health emergency until December 31

The national government extended the health emergency by decree until December 31. It was originally declared on March 12, 2020 as a means of “providing the State with the necessary, adequate, effective and transparent tools to fight against the pandemic” of coronavirus.

The regulations designate the Ministry of Health as the “executing authority” and allow it “to provide recommendations and measures to be adopted concerning the epidemiological situation, in order to mitigate the health impact”.

It also allows the government to< mener des campagnes d'éducation et de diffusion pour informer la communauté >> and “Recommend travel restrictions to or from affected areas”, among other things.

In addition, the decree establishes that they must remain in compulsory isolation for 14 days, people who considered “suspected cases“, The “Confirmed cases“, The “close contacts“Y those who come to the country from abroad.

The new regulations consider the “areas affected” by the COVID-19 pandemic in all countries of the world and as “Affected areas at greatest risk” to “those with community circulation of new variants of COVID-19 which may condition the country’s response capacity and require specific health measures ”.

On the other hand, he specifies that “the health authority can order measurements Additional at any time during the duty of the listed persons when you suspect the existence of risk of spread of the virus, especially when they originate from “higher risk affected areas” ”. Likewise, you can cancel any of these exceptions, in order to avoid contagion.

In all cases, those arriving from abroad must provide information on their itinerary, declare their address in the country and undergo a health examination to determine the potential risk of contagion. They must also have a negative PCR test performed no more than 72 hours prior to shipment. Non-resident aliens must have special travel insurance for COVID-19 care in the country.

In turn, the Ministry of Health, depending on the evolution of the epidemiological situation, may recommend the suspension or reduction of frequencies of international passenger transport services in air, sea, inland waterway and land modes, as well as the suspension of destinations, by intervening with the competent authorities for its implementation.

In article 6, it states that the ministries of health and productive development can “jointly fix maximum prices for critical supplies” and “adopt the necessary measures to avoid their shortage”.

The decree bears the signature of President Alberto Fernández, Chief of Staff Santiago Cafiero and the rest of the ministers of the national cabinet, including the head of Justice, Marcela Losardo, who will be leaving her post shortly.

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