Carla Vizzotti, together with the Chief of Staff, Santiago Cafiero during the meeting at the Casa Rosada

The main ministers of the national government met this afternoon at the Casa Rosada with the group of specialists who advise President Alberto Fernández since the beginning of the pandemic and They expressed the need to apply tougher restrictive measures in the face of the escalation of coronavirus cases. In addition, they recommended deepening the controls of the protocols that are already in force.

In the Government the alarms were raised in the face of the harsh return made by the group of experts, They advised further restricting group social activities as well as indoor and outdoor sports. According to what they appreciated about social behavior during the weekend, the capacity in closed places is not respected and people continue to gather despite the presidential DNU that suspended these types of meetings.

Among the strongest measures they suggested is the possibility of applying closing measures for a short time, with a beginning and an end. That is, restrict circulation as much as possible but with a limited time. It involves evaluating a new quarantine format in the face of the fierce escalation of cases in recent days.

The meeting was led by the Chief of Staff, Santiago Cafiero, and his deputy chief, Cecila Todesca Bocco; the Ministers of Health, Carla Vizzotti, and Security, Sabina Frederic, and the Ministers of the Interior, Eduardo “Wado” De Pedro, and Social Development, Daniel Arroyo placeholder image; in addition to the presidential advisor Cecilia Nicolini. Also the Legal and Technical secretary, Vilma Ibarra, and the Secretary for Strategic Affairs, Gustavo Beliz.

In just over two hours of meeting, the experts stated that more restrictions should be applied to circulation in the AMBA and in large urban centers. They also considered that it would contribute to the strategy to lower the cases the restriction of group recreational activities, mainly in closed spaces and amateur sports.

In another section of the meeting they agreed that economic activity and face-to-face classes must be kept going. These are two activities that the Government intends not to touch, unless the seriousness of the health system does not allow it. To do so, they proposed balancing circulation with restrictions on social activities.

In addition, they highlighted that contagions do not occur in places where people work under strict protocols, but in meetings of people for recreational activities.

During the meeting the doctors explained that this second wave of infections “is not more of the same” and that the “Scenario is not the same” to 2020. “It is a new pandemic. The new strain variants wreaked havoc in other countries “, indicated infectologists present.

In the Government they want to wait a few more days to make a new evaluation of the measures that were set last Thursday, after intense negotiations with the government of Buenos Aires and that of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, which aimed to restrict circulation in the AMBA, the geographical area with the highest number of infections and the highest concentration of inhabitants.

“The new restrictions are recent and the results can be seen 10 days later”, highlighted by medical experts. However, they insisted on the need to “lower the circulation of people to lower the circulation of the virus.” In order to achieve this drop in circulation, it is necessary to apply tougher measures that restrict social activities.

Both the Government and the specialists who advise it agree that the most prudent path is to wait a handful of days more to find out if the measures have effects or not. “There has been a DNU in force for only a few hours. We have to wait”, they expressed to Infobae from the Presidency.

Finally, they highlighted the vaccination plan carried out by the Government. They endorsed the effectiveness of the doses and the coverage they are giving. Argentina has vaccines from three different laboratories: Sinopharm (China), Gamaleya (Russia) and Astrazeneca. All had the support of the experts.

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