La pandemia de COVID-19 en Argentina es parte de la pandemia mundial de la enfermedad por coronavirus 2019 ( COVID-19 ) causada por el síndrome respiratorio agudo severo coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ). El 3 de marzo de 2020, se confirmó que el virus se había propagado a Argentina . [1] [2] [3] [4] Al 2 de junio de 2021, [actualizar]se confirmó que un total de 3,82,093 personas habían sido infectadas y se sabía que 79,320 personas habían muerto a causa del virus. [5] El 7 de marzo de 2020, el Ministerio de Saludconfirmó la primera muerte documentada del país, un hombre de 64 años que había viajado a París, Francia, quien también tenía otras condiciones de salud; el caso solo se confirmó como positivo después del fallecimiento del paciente. [6]
Pandemia de COVID-19 en Argentina | |
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Enfermedad | COVID-19 |
Cepa del virus | SARS-CoV-2 |
Localización | Argentina |
Primer brote | Wuhan , Hubei , China |
Caso índice | Buenos Aires |
Fecha de llegada | 3 de marzo de 2020 (1 año, 2 meses, 4 semanas y 2 días) |
Casos confirmados | 3.852.093 [a] [b] |
Casos activos | 363,520 |
Casos críticos | 7,614 |
Recuperado | 3.409.253 |
Fallecidos | 79,320 |
Tasa de fatalidad | 2,06% |
Sitio web del gobierno | |
www.argentina.gob.ar/COVID-19 |
El 19 de marzo de 2020 se estableció un bloqueo a nivel nacional en Argentina. [7] [8] El bloqueo se levantó en todo el país, excepto el área urbana del Gran Buenos Aires (donde vive el 31,9% de la población del país), [9] el 10 de mayo, con el Gran Buenos Aires bloqueado hasta el 17 de julio. donde el bloqueo debía aflojarse gradualmente en varias etapas para llevar a la vuelta a la normalidad. [10] Sin embargo, las restricciones se extendieron varias veces hasta el 8 de noviembre de 2020. [11] Durante la segunda ola, se llevó a cabo otro cierre nacional del 22 al 31 de mayo de 2021. [12]
Las respuestas al brote han incluido restricciones sobre el comercio y la circulación , el cierre de fronteras y el cierre de escuelas e instituciones educativas. [13] Se han producido grupos de infecciones y muertes en hogares de ancianos , prisiones y otros centros de detención y áreas urbanas. [14] [15] El número de pruebas aumentó con el tiempo, aunque hubo algunas preocupaciones ya que hubo menos pruebas que en otros países de la región como Chile y Perú. [16] Aun así, las respuestas del gobierno a la pandemia estuvieron entre las mejor recibidas por la población de la región durante las primeras etapas de la pandemia. [17]
Fondo
El 12 de enero, la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) confirmó que un nuevo coronavirus fue la causa de una enfermedad respiratoria en un grupo de personas en la ciudad de Wuhan, provincia de Hubei, China, que fue denunciada a la OMS el 31 de diciembre de 2019 [18]. ] [19] La tasa de letalidad de COVID-19 [20] [21] ha sido mucho más baja que la del brote de SARS 2002-2004 , pero la transmisión ha sido significativamente mayor, con un número total de muertes significativo. [22] [20] Las simulaciones basadas en modelos para Argentina indican que el intervalo de confianza del 95% para el número de reproducción variable en el tiempo R t excedió 1.0 de abril a julio de 2020, después de lo cual disminuyó a menos de 1.0 en octubre y noviembre de 2020. [ 23]
Cronología
Febrero de 2020
Después de que el crucero Diamond Princess fuera puesto en cuarentena en el puerto de Yokohama en Japón después de que 10 pasajeros fueran diagnosticados con COVID-19 durante las primeras etapas de la pandemia de COVID-19 , [24] entre los pasajeros diagnosticados positivos estaba el primer argentino infectado, un Hombre de 61 años que viajaba con su esposa, quien no presentaba síntomas. Posteriormente, el paciente fue trasladado a un hospital de Japón. [25] Los otros siete argentinos a bordo, incluida su esposa, permanecieron en el barco en cuarentena hasta el 21 de febrero. [26] El hombre fue finalmente liberado el 17 de febrero. Salió de Japón el 24 de febrero y llegó a Argentina el 26 de febrero. [27]
Marzo de 2020
Un primer caso del COVID-19 fue confirmado en Buenos Aires el 3 de marzo, en un hombre de 43 años que había llegado dos días antes desde Milán , Italia. [2] Dos días después, se confirmó el segundo caso en un hombre de 23 años residente en Buenos Aires, que había regresado recientemente del norte de Italia . [28] Rápidamente, al día siguiente, el total de casos aumentó a ocho. [29]
El Ministerio de Salud confirmó el 7 de marzo la primera muerte del país por coronavirus en el país, un hombre de 64 años que había viajado a París y que también tenía otras afecciones de salud. [6] La persona no estaba entre las ocho ya diagnosticadas con la enfermedad y fue diagnosticada post-mortem. [30]
El 11 de marzo, el gobierno también anunció una cuarentena obligatoria de 14 días para todas las personas que regresaran a Argentina desde países muy afectados, incluidos China, Corea del Sur, Japón, Irán, Estados Unidos y toda Europa. [31] [32] Los primeros casos de transmisión local se confirmaron al día siguiente en Buenos Aires y las provincias de Buenos Aires, Chaco y Córdoba . [33] En Chaco, también se confirmó la primera transmisión nativa. [34] El primer paciente con el virus en el país fue dado de alta y salió del hospital en Buenos Aires al día siguiente. [35] [36]
Tierra del Fuego se cerró el 16 de marzo, convirtiéndose en la primera provincia en hacerlo. [37] Las provincias de Chaco, Misiones , Salta , Jujuy , Mendoza y Tierra del Fuego cerraron sus fronteras el 18 de marzo. [38] Al día siguiente, en la noche del 19 de marzo, el presidente Alberto Fernández anunció un cierre obligatorio , vigente desde la medianoche del 20 de marzo hasta el 31 de marzo, [7] [8] pero el 29 de marzo Fernández anunció que el cierre obligatorio se prorrogaría hasta el 12 de abril. [39]
El 23 de marzo, funcionarios del Ministerio de Salud informaron que el virus se estaba propagando por "transmisión comunitaria" en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, sus alrededores y algunas ciudades de las provincias de Chaco, Tierra del Fuego y Córdoba. [40] Marzo concluyó con 1.054 casos confirmados y 27 víctimas fatales. [41]
Abril de 2020
El 8 de abril, el presidente Fernández anunció que el cierre obligatorio se prolongaría más allá del 12 de abril, con la "flexibilización" de unas pocas actividades. [42] En la noche del 10 de abril, Fernández confirmó que el encierro se prolongaría hasta el 26 de abril en las principales ciudades, [43] y que se analizaría la flexibilización de restricciones en zonas de menor riesgo. [44] Posteriormente, el presidente anunció una tercera fase del bloqueo el 25 de marzo, extendiéndola a las principales ciudades hasta el 10 de mayo. [45]
Tras la aparición de tres casos asintomáticos, las autoridades bonaerenses introdujeron el enmascaramiento obligatorio a partir del 14 de abril. El uso de mascarilla se hizo obligatorio para todos los que viajan en transporte público y todos los que contactan con el público en su cargo. Los infractores se enfrentarían a una multa. Las autoridades también prohibieron la venta de respiradores N95 a trabajadores no médicos, sugiriendo al público en general que use máscaras caseras . [46]
Abril finalmente concluyó con 4.415 casos confirmados, 218 muertes y 1.245 recuperaciones. [47]
Mayo-julio de 2020
El 8 de mayo, Fernández anunció que el cierre nacional sería "relajado" en todo el país con excepción del Gran Buenos Aires, donde el cierre se extendió primero hasta el 24 de mayo [48] [49] y luego hasta el 7 de junio (el 23 Mayo), debido a un gran aumento en el número de nuevos casos en los días previos al anuncio. [50] Mayo terminó con 16.838 casos confirmados, 539 muertes y 5.323 recuperaciones. [51]
El 9 de junio, el Gobierno de la provincia de Formosa denunció el primer caso de COVID-19 en su provincia, dejando a la provincia de Catamarca como la única provincia que no reportó ningún caso en ese momento. [52]
Martín Insaurralde, alcalde de Lomas de Zamora fue diagnosticado con COVID-19 y aislado el 12 de junio. [53] Luego de tener reuniones con el alcalde, también se probó el Ministerio de Desarrollo Social . [54] Esto llevó a la suspensión de la visita del presidente previamente planificada a Catamarca, la única provincia que no ha reportado ningún caso hasta la fecha. [55]
Los primeros datos oficiales de ocupación de camas en UCI estuvieron disponibles el 24 de junio, con una ocupación del 45 por ciento en todo el país. [56] Unos días después, se informó que junio concluyó con 64.517 casos confirmados, 1.307 muertes y 22.015 recuperaciones del virus. [57]
El 3 de julio, el gobernador de la provincia de Catamarca confirmó su primer caso dentro de la provincia. Catamarca fue la última provincia en reportar su primer caso desde que el virus llegó al país el 3 de marzo. [58]
En conferencia de prensa ofrecida por el presidente Fernández, los gobernadores Axel Kicillof (Provincia de Buenos Aires), Jorge Capitanich (Chaco), Gerardo Morales ( Jujuy ) y Arabela Carreras ( Río Negro ), y el Alcalde de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta el 17 de julio se anunció que el encierro se aflojaría en las próximas semanas, en un intento por volver a la normalidad. [10] Dos semanas después, el 31 de julio, en otra rueda de prensa, Fernández anunció que las restricciones de encierro en ese momento continuarían hasta el 16 de agosto ya que había un registro de casos y muertes en los últimos días por el virus. [59] Julio concluyó con 191.289 casos confirmados, 3.543 muertes y 83.767 recuperaciones. [60]
Agosto-septiembre de 2020
El 9 de agosto, el Ministerio de Salud confirmó un total de 61.867 nuevas recuperaciones ese día. Este gran salto se debió a una revisión de la definición de recuperación, que ahora incluía (entre los egresados de los hospitales) casos leves en los que el sistema daría de alta automáticamente 10 días después de la fecha de inicio de los síntomas. Esto llevó a una tasa de recuperación del 70% de los casos confirmados de COVID-19 hasta la fecha. [61] El presidente Fernández anunció el 28 de agosto que se autorizaron en todo el país reuniones de hasta diez personas al aire libre, manteniendo dos metros de distancia y utilizando máscara facial. Ese mismo día, se anunció que el bloqueo relajado se prorrogaría nuevamente hasta el 20 de septiembre. [62] Agosto finalmente concluyó con 417.722 casos confirmados, 8.660 muertes y 301.182 recuperaciones. [63]
Durante este mes, las escuelas y los deportes iniciaron el regreso a sus actividades. Más de 10,000 estudiantes en San Juan se convirtieron en los primeros en regresar a clases presenciales a través del distanciamiento social el 10 de agosto. [64] [65] La Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA) anunció que después de los protocolos de salud siendo aprobados por el gobierno, las prácticas de la Primera División de los hombres y la Primera División de Mujeres sin duda volverían el 10 de agosto. [66] [67]
El 14 de agosto se confirmó que el Gobernador de Jujuy (Gerardo Morales) y el Ministro de Seguridad de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (Sergio Berni) dieron positivo por COVID-19. [68] [69] Ambos describieron que eran "asintomáticos" y además "cumplían con el aislamiento y todas las recomendaciones médicas". [70]
El bloqueo se extendió por tres semanas más el 18 de septiembre, y se espera que dure hasta el 11 de octubre. La tasa de contagio en el área del Gran Buenos Aires bajó de 93 a 50,8 por ciento de mayo a septiembre, lo que indica que el virus aumentó su propagación por todo el país. En los primeros 15 días de septiembre, las provincias de Córdoba, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, Salta, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Tierra del Fuego y Tucumán registraron incrementos exponenciales en su número de casos, con la mayoría de que muestran una gran tensión en sus sistemas de salud. [71] El 25 de septiembre, la Secretaría de Acceso a la Salud informó que durante la semana anterior se registró una "tendencia de estabilización" en el área del Gran Buenos Aires con un "pico alto de casos positivos". [72] El mismo día se confirmó que el ministro de Desarrollo Social , Daniel Arroyo, dio positivo, [73] mientras que la ministra de Salud de Santa Fe fue hospitalizada en un hospital de Rosario por agravamiento de sus síntomas luego de dando positivo por COVID-19. [74] Septiembre concluyó con 750,988 casos acumulados confirmados, 16,937 muertes acumuladas y 594,632 recuperaciones. [75]
Octubre-diciembre de 2020
El 2 de octubre, el gobernador de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof , se aisló con su familia luego de tener contacto con un funcionario que dio positivo por COVID-19. [76] Una semana después, Fernández anunció que debido a la situación epidemiológica de las semanas anteriores, el encierro continuaría por otras dos semanas hasta el 25 de octubre. La tasa de contagio del Gran Buenos Aires disminuyó frente al resto del país. A esta fecha, el 65 por ciento del total de casos confirmados diarios provienen de todo el país excepto el área del Gran Buenos Aires, que fue el principal foco de contagio en los últimos meses. [77] Las provincias de Río Negro, Mendoza, Tucumán, Santa Fe, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Neuquén y Córdoba vieron un aumento en el número de camas de UCI ocupadas, con Río Negro alcanzando un 88 por ciento de ocupación. [78]
El 20 de octubre, Argentina confirmó más de 1.000.000 de casos positivos, convirtiéndose en el quinto país en hacerlo y el segundo país de América del Sur en superar el hito. [79] Tres días después, se anunció que el bloqueo continuaría durante otras dos semanas en las provincias con un alto número de nuevos casos confirmados diarios. [80] Octubre finalmente terminó con un total de 1.166.911 casos, 31.002 muertes y 973.926 recuperaciones del virus. [81]
Durante los primeros días de noviembre, el gobierno anunció que adquirirá durante diciembre de 2020 y enero de 2021, 25 millones de dosis de la vacuna rusa Sputnik V luego de que ingresara en la fase III. [82] [83] [84] Otras vacunas como la desarrollada por la Universidad de Oxford y AstraZeneca , Pfizer y China también fueron anunciadas para ser adquiridas eventualmente. [85]
El presidente también dijo el 3 de noviembre que "el horizonte comenzaba a vislumbrarse", luego de que el promedio de 7 días de nuevos casos cayera significativamente después de alcanzar un máximo el 21 de octubre. [86] Esto supuso el fin del bloqueo establecido en el Gran Buenos Aires después de más de siete meses, que concluiría el 8 de noviembre y pasó a la fase de distanciamiento social . [11] Noviembre concluyó con 1.424.518 casos confirmados, 38.730 muertes y 1.257.214 recuperaciones. [87]
El 22 de diciembre, el vuelo que traería las primeras dosis de la vacuna Sputnik V al país partió hacia Moscú [89], luego de que las negociaciones comenzaran a principios de diciembre. [90] 300.000 dosis llegaron el 24 de diciembre [91] y la campaña de vacunación comenzó el 29 de diciembre. [92] El gobernador de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, fue uno de los primeros en recibir la vacuna. [93] Un día después, la vacuna AZD1222 desarrollada por la Universidad de Oxford y AstraZeneca también fue aprobada en el país. [94] El último informe de diciembre informó que hubo 1.613.911 casos confirmados, 43.163 muertes y 1.426.659 recuperaciones del virus a fines de 2020. [95]
Enero-marzo de 2021
Hacia el final de la temporada navideña y festiva , hubo un aumento en el número de casos confirmados diarios. Esto preocupó al presidente Fernández, quien apeló a pedir "responsabilidad individual". [96] El 6 de enero, el Jefe de Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta , dio positivo por COVID-19. [97]
El 8 de enero, el gobierno anunció un toque de queda nocturno nacional inmediato después de un gran aumento en el número de infecciones en las semanas anteriores. Funcionó todos los días de 1 a 6 de la mañana y estaba destinado a reducir la circulación viral. [98] [99] [100]
El primer caso del linaje B.1.1.7 del virus se confirmó el 16 de enero, un mes después de ser notificado en el Reino Unido a mediados de diciembre. [101] Esta variante es conocida por mostrar evidencia de una mayor transmisibilidad. [102]
El 21 de enero, el presidente Fernández se convirtió en el primer líder latinoamericano en ser inoculado contra la enfermedad a través del recientemente aprobado Sputnik V. [88] [103] Posteriormente fue seguido por la vicepresidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner , quien recibió la vacuna el 24 de enero. . [104]
El 19 de febrero, el mandatario solicitó la renuncia al ministro de Salud, Ginés González García , luego de que los medios informaran que las personas podían utilizar conexiones para acceder a las vacunas COVID-19. [105] Esto salió a la luz luego de que el periodista Horacio Verbitsky dijera que recibió una inyección luego de que el ministro se la ofreciera. [106] Al día siguiente, la exsecretaria de Acceso a la Salud, Carla Vizzotti , asumió el cargo de nueva Ministra de Salud y prometió un acceso justo a las vacunas después del escándalo. [107]
El 29 de marzo, el gobierno confirmó casos de contacto con la comunidad de diversas variantes del SARS-CoV-2 . Los casos del linaje B.1.1.7 (del Reino Unido) mostraron un aumento en la frecuencia de detección de la variante en el Gran Buenos Aires durante las semanas epidemiológicas previas. También se encontraron en la población otros casos de las variantes P.1 (de Brasil / Japón), P.2 (Brasil) y CAL.20C (Estados Unidos) y mutaciones L452R. [108]
Abril-mayo de 2021
El presidente Fernández dio positivo por COVID-19 el 3 de abril, mostrando síntomas leves. [109] Fernández había recibido previamente la vacunación completa contra el virus ese mismo año. [110] Durante la primera semana de abril, también hubo un aumento en el número de casos confirmados diarios, lo que provocó el inicio de la segunda ola de la pandemia en el país. [111] El 8 de abril, durante una visita del jefe del Comando Sur de los Estados Unidos , Craig S. Faller, al país, Estados Unidos anunció la donación de tres hospitales móviles, generadores de oxígeno, entre otros suministros para otras áreas. Estados Unidos también donó equipos para capacitación en respuesta a situaciones de desastres o pandemias. [112]
Se aplicaron nuevas restricciones desde el 16 de abril en el Gran Buenos Aires luego de un aumento en el número de nuevos casos confirmados y ocupación de camas en UCI, incluido un toque de queda de 20 a 6 y el cierre de escuelas por dos semanas. [113] [114] Incluso con esas restricciones, los casos continuaron aumentando, lo que llevó a la decisión del gobierno de implementar otro bloqueo en todo el país del 22 al 31 de mayo de 2021. [12]
Respuestas
Medical response
Initial response
The Ministry of Health summoned health professionals to provide health services in the context of the pandemic, in search of reinforcing the teams made up by the national and provincial governments. This call included nurses, biochemists, physiotherapists and physicians, in particular in the fields of medical clinic, cardiology, pneumonology, adult and pediatric intensive care, emergentology, pediatrics and general and/or family medicine. Proposals from professionals from other specialties were also received.[115] Around 4,000 people joined a call from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) to summon volunteers to help on the influenza vaccination campaign, advanced medical students to be in triage in tents near hospitals where the patients will be first checked, volunteers to do a follow-up of isolated patients at home with a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19, and volunteers to work on logistics.[116]
Testing
The ANLIS-Malbrán (National Administration of Laboratories and Health Institutes "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán") began carrying out 300 daily COVID-19 tests. Later, after 820 confirmed cases were reached, the Ministry of Health started the delivery of 35,000 reactives to expand the number of laboratories for diagnosis to all 24 jurisdictions in order to decentralize the testings,[117] making the number of testings increase over time.[118] Private medical clinics would be able to do up to 7,500 daily tests to decompress the public health system. Previously, the delivery of the diagnostic result was taking four to five days on average for patients in private clinics.[119]
Contact tracing
As an effort to fight and contain the virus, the Ministry of Health implemented a plan of contact tracing in defined areas where an increase in the number of cases is detected or estimated. The plan launched first in Buenos Aires and was later extended throughout the country.[120] The program, called Detectar (Detect in English; Strategic Testing Device for Coronavirus in Argentina Terrain), launched on May after a big jump in the number of cases in low socioeconomic class and densely populated neighborhoods in Greater Buenos Aires, known as villas.[121]
Drug therapy and vaccine development
On 17 April 2020, a clinical trial based on plasma donation of recovered patients from COVID-19 was created to find out if the antibodies of a recovered patient could benefit those who are being infected.[122][123][124] It began on hospitals and hemotherapy centers in Greater Buenos Aires and was later extended to the rest of the country.[125]
Argentine scientists developed a quick diagnosis test to detect the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), approved by the National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT in Spanish). The test, called NEOKIT-COVID-19, allows to obtain results in almost an hour and it offers a high degree of sensitivity (which reduces the possibility of false negatives) and specificity (which minimizes the probability of false positives).[126] This test allows testing RNA samples and does not require complex equipment (such as thermal cyclers).[127] It was expected that 10,000 tests would be produced within the first 10 days.[128][129] On 13 June 2020, a new announcement of another quick diagnosis test to detect the SARS-CoV-2 was made. Called ELA-chemstrip, it was developed by Argentine scientists from the National University of Quilmes and the National University of General San Martín.[130] Another SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic kit with RT-qPCR technology was approved in September 2020 by ANMAT, while a new kit under development (as of that date), would allow the joint detection of SARS-CoV-2 and the viruses that cause influenza.[131]
On 31 May 2020, it was announced that Argentine scientists were also working to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, a project subsidized by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation.[132][133] On 10 July 2020, pharmaceutical corporations Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the clinical trial for the COVID-19 vaccine BNT162 that was on phase I–II as of the day of the announcement, would begin on early-August in Argentina, soon after the trial began on Germany and the United States. After it would be approved by the ANMAT, the trial would take place at the Central Militar Hospital.[134][135] The trial is made by mRNA constructs and consists of four vaccines, randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-finding and vaccine candidate-selection, and would begin its phase IIb-III after preliminary data from the previous phase were positive.[136][137][138] One month later, Fernández announced that the vaccine produced by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca (AZD1222) would begin production alongside Mexico after an agreement with the British pharmaceutical company and the biotechnology company mAbxience. Initially 150 million doses of the vaccine would be produced to supply all of Latin America (with the exception of Brazil).[139][140] As of the day of the announcement, the vaccine, consisting of modified chimp adenovirus vector,[141] was entering phase III.[142]
A COVID-19 hyperimmune serum based on equine polyclonal antibodies was developed by Argentine biotech company Inmunova. The antibodies were obtained by injecting a recombinant protein of SARS-CoV-2 in these animals, with in vitro testings demonstrating the ability to neutralize the virus. On 24 July 2020, the trial entered its phase II–III after being approved by ANMAT.[143][144]
On 3 November 2020, President Fernández announced in an interview with Russian news agency that government would receive an initial of more than 10 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine by as early as December 2020, after it would enter phase III.[82][83][84] Other previously announced vaccines in development would also be acquired to a lesser extent by the government, such as those produced by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, Pfizer and China.[85] Government officials also said that the deployment of any coronavirus vaccine in Argentina would not be mandatory.[145] 300,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine arrived at the country in late December 2020. The Sputnik V and the BNT162b2 vaccines were the first to receive emergency approvals from ANMAT,[146] On 30 December 2020, the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca's vaccine AZD1222 was also approved for use by ANMAT.[94]
On 2 February 2021, it was announced that 1 million vaccines BBIBP-CorV, developed by Sinopharm would arrive during February in Argentina.[147]
Vaccination campaign
Vaccination against COVID-19 began in Argentina on 29 December 2020 aiming at health professionals.[148] During the first week, 39,599 doses were applied to health professionals.[149]
On 18 February 2021, vaccination on citizens aged over 70 began in the Province of Buenos Aires. Schools, among other sites, were used as temporary vaccination centres.[150]
Public response
During the first weeks of the pandemic, people across the country used to applaud from balconies, terraces and windows of their houses and buildings at 9 p.m., in order recognize the effort and work of health professionals, a demonstration similar to the ones that occurred during the pandemic in Spain and Italy.[151]
Since late-May 2020, a few protestors began to rally in Buenos Aires to demand end of the lockdown, ignoring social distancing rules, and with the call to prioritise the re-opening of Argentina's economy and some conspiratorial overtones, due to the small and medium-size businesses and self-employed workers' economic struggle during this time. Despite the protests, a vast majority of Argentines were supportive of the lockdown, according to polls.[152] Other protests were realized against the government policies to combat the pandemic, corruption and insecurity, and against the bill to reform some elements of the judiciary, but the conspiracy theories about the virus were still present in the protests.[153][154]
Respuestas gubernamentales
The government's responses to the pandemic was very well seen, including the mandatory lockdown and strict social distancing measures, resulting in a general better look in the number of cases and deaths than other countries in the region.[155] The measures also brought some concerns with the economic impact that it could cause to the country.[156] Even so, the way that president Fernández and its government handled the country's response to the spread of COVID-19 resulted in the best numbers of public approval since the president's assumption in December 2019.[157] Argentina was among the Latin American countries that earned the best grades for their response to the pandemic, according to a poll conducted in the region, only behind Uruguay and Paraguay.[17]
First measures
On 11 March 2020, the government announced a mandatory 14-day-quarantine to every person that returned to Argentina from highly affected countries such as China, South Korea, Japan, Iran, the United States and all of Europe.[31][32]
On 15 March 2020, it was announced that the government would close its borders for a total of 15 days to non-residents and national parks, and the suspension of public and private school classes in all levels and flights from highly affected countries for 30 days.[13]
On 16 March 2020, the province of Tierra del Fuego was put on lockdown, becoming the first province to do so.[37] The provinces of Chaco, Misiones, Salta, Jujuy, Mendoza and Tierra del Fuego also decided to close their borders on 18 March 2020.[38]
Nationwide measures
Mandatory lockdown
On 19 March 2020, President Alberto Fernández announced a mandatory lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. It would take effect from 20 March 2020 until 31 March 2020.[7] It was among the strictest measures in the region.[8]
The "preventive and mandatory social isolation" included the following measures:[158]
- Mandatory lockdown for all residents,
- The move of Malvinas Day from 2 April to 31 March 2020,
- Allowance of purchases of foods, medicines and first need products,
- Transit control on the streets by Naval Prefecture, National Gendarmerie and Federal Police,
- Penalties to those that cannot justify their transit on the streets according to the Penal Code,
- Exception of the lockdown to state, health, food production, drugs production and oil industry workers and security forces,
- Creation of a government department that works on the pandemic and economic issues, and
- Guidelines to relieve the situation for non-formal sector.
On 29 March 2020, Fernández announced that the mandatory lockdown would be extended until 12 April 2020.[39]
The announcement of the lockdown was generally well received, although there were concerns with its economic impact in the already delicate state of Argentina's economy, with analysts predicting at least 3% GDP decrease in 2020.[156][159] Image of Fernández increased during the first weeks of the lockdown according to some surveys,[160] but later suffered a slightly decrease in April 2020 due to the prolongation of the lockdown.[161][162][163][164][165] The University of Buenos Aires also made a survey, in which most people agreed to the measures taken by the president.[166]
Fernández announced a one-time emergency payment of 10,000 pesos (US$154) to lower-income individuals whose income was affected by the lockdown, including retirees.[167] Because banks were excluded in the list of businesses that were considered essential in Fernandez's lockdown decree, they remained closed until the Central Bank announced banks would open during a weekend starting on 3 April 2020.[168]
Administrated lockdown
On 10 April 2020, Fernández confirmed that the lockdown would be extended until 26 April 2020 under a "new phase"[44] with new authorizations available for workers of some services such as banks, among others.[43]
Geographical segmentation
The third phase of the lockdown was announced on 25 April 2020 by president Fernández. The lockdown would resume to workers of private construction, medical and dental care, industry production and online commerce, lawyers, and accountants, among others, in some provinces such as Entre Ríos, Jujuy, La Pampa, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquén, Salta, San Juan, Santa Cruz and Tucumán, with the respective health protocols.[169] Cities with population over 500,000 inhabitants are still under mandatory lockdown due to the communitary transmission of the virus.[45]
Progressive reopening
On 8 May 2020, President Fernández announced alongside the City of Buenos Aires' Chief of Government Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof, that the national lockdown would enter its fourth phase throughout all the country (with the exception of the Greater Buenos Aires urban area), allowing the reopening of factories and business. The Greater Buenos Aires zone will maintain the geographical segmentation phase due to the number of cases that are still being registered in the area, but will allow children to go outside accompanied by an adult.[48][170] The lockdown in the Greater Buenos Aires was later extended until 7 June 2020 after the number of cases in this area in the previous days showed a big increase.[50][171] Later, on 4 June 2020, the lockdown was extended again until 28 June 2020 in the Greater Buenos Aires area after the country just surpassed 20,000 cases.[172] New activities allowed in the area included opening of shops in "low concentration" areas, outdoor walks with children on the weekends, outdoor physical activities from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., and religious services by streaming, among other measures taken by each municipality.[173]
A survey realised during the first days of May 2020, expresses that the main concern of the surveyed people was the fear of virus contagion (50.9%) instead of the worries of a worsening in the economic situation (49.1%).[174] Also, another survey expressed that 3 out of 10 Argentines believe the World Health Organization reports about the COVID-19 origins.[175]
Lockdown tightening
President Fernández announced on 26 June 2020 that the restrictions on movement in Buenos Aires that were previously eased, would be tightened again since 1 July 2020 due to a spike in COVID-19 cases on Greater Buenos Aires. This phase of the lockdown would be extended until 17 July 2020.[176] According to Fernández, this urban area saw an increase of 147% of COVID-19 cases, and an increase of 95% on deaths due to the disease during the previous 20 days of the announcement. Fernández also confirmed that 97% of detected cases across the country occur in the Greater Buenos Aires.[177] New restrictions include: public transportation allowed only for essential workers, prohibition of outdoor activities and stronger transit control on the streets. Allowance of purchases of foods, medicines and first need products would be the only activity allowed without any permission.[178]
Lockdown loosening
After the end of the previous phase of the lockdown in Greater Buenos Aires, President Fernández finally announced on 17 July 2020 that the lockdown would be gradually loosened in several stages to lead to the return to normality.[10] New activities allowed include individual outdoor recreation activities, opening of local shops, car washers, clothing and footwear stores, hairdressing, waxing, manicure and pedicure shops in all neighborhoods, return of administrative staff to schools, individual prayers in temples (with no more than 10 people on the site), return of dog walkers, opening of libraries (without staying in the place), and return of professional activities, such as lawyers and accountants, at least once a week.[179] Public transportation would still be only allowed for workers in essential areas such as healthcare, security, gastronomy and others.[180]
As the lockdown was due to expire on 2 August 2020, Fernández announced in a press conference on 31 July that the restrictions would continue until 16 August at least, after the country recorded a record daily tally of new cases and deaths on the previous day of the announcement.[59] A few days later, the government decided to ban social gatherings across the country for 15 days amid surge of infections and fatalities.[181] The lockdown was again extended after 147 days (on 14 August 2020), for two more weeks until 30 August.[182] Several cities that experienced a big growth in the number of confirmed cases in the previous weeks were put back into a tighter lockdown. The cities of Tartagal, La Rioja, Chamical, Santiago del Estero and La Banda were expected to join the places that were already with a strict lockdown such as Greater Buenos Aires, Jujuy (Libertador Gral. San Martín, Manuel Belgrano, El Carmen and San Pedro), Santa Cruz (Río Gallegos) and Tierra del Fuego (Río Grande).[183]
On 28 August 2020 it was announced that the eased lockdown would be extended again until 20 September 2020. Also, meetings of up to ten people in the open air, maintaining two meters of distance and using a face mask were authorized throughout the country.[62] As the lockdown was due to expire on 20 September 2020, two days earlier President Fernández confirmed another extension of the lockdown for three weeks until 11 October 2020. Local authorities are still in charge of applying new restrictions in each territory.[71]
After three weeks, Fernández announced that due to the epidemiological situation in the weeks prior to 9 October 2020, the lockdown would continue until 25 October with new measures in order to decrease circulation in 18 provinces.[77] Meanhwile, in Buenos Aires new activities such as the gradual return to face-to-face classes, habilitation of domestic service, cultural events, construction and other social and commercial authorizations were announced by Mayor Rodríguez Larreta on the same day.[184]
As the country surpassed the million cases on 19 October 2020,[79] President Fernández announced four days later that the lockdown would be extended again for two weeks in the provinces of Chubut, Córdoba, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, San Luis, Santa Fe and Tucumán, and in Greater Buenos Aires, as these provinces have been accounting for 55 percent of the country's total cases in the previous weeks.[80] Meanwhile, in Greater Buenos Aires the gradual opening of activities would continue in cities with a decrease in the number of daily cases. Openings in internal areas in bars and restaurants, gyms, artisan fairs, public pools, museums and schools were confirmed to apply in Buenos Aires.[185]
Social distancing
On 6 November 2020, Fernández announced that the lockdown would come to an end in Greater Buenos Aires in order to move to the social distancing phase, although it could continue in other provinces until 29 November 2020.[11] This was due to a decrease in the number of cases after eight weeks.[186] Gradual openings would begin to be implemented to all educational levels, restaurants and bars with indoor services and private construction, and outdoor social gatherings would be allowed.[187]
A restriction to nighttime activities was applied on 11 January 2021 after a rise of the number of COVID-19 cases in the previous weeks.[188][99] The curfew would run daily from 1–6 a.m., being intended to reduce the circulation of the virus. The shutting down of clandestine parties attended by young people are also encouraged, which experts believe is a key factor behind the recent surge in cases.[98][100] Not every province applied the curfew, like Córdoba and Jujuy.[189] The City of Buenos Aires closed all commercial business between 1–6 a.m. beginning 10 January 2021, but without restrictions on circulation unlike the rest of the provinces.[190]
On 30 January 2021, social distancing was extended until 1 March 2021, with the decree altered to allow for return of face-to-face classes at schools nationwide since February.[191]
Second wave restrictions
The government announced on 14 April 2021 that since the following day new restrictions would apply to Greater Buenos Aires for two weeks after a rise in the number of daily cases and ICU bed occupation. Measures included the close of schools, curfew between 8 p.m.–6 a.m. and the suspension of indoor sports, recreational, religious and cultural activities.[113]
A month later, a nine-day nation-wide lockdown was announced after the number of daily cases continued to rise. It took place from 22 to 31 May 2021, with only essential businesses opened, classes suspended and restaurants only open for home delivery and pick-up services. Also, citizens were only allowed to circulate between 6 a.m.–6 p.m., with social, economic, religious and sporting activities banned.[12][192]
Impacto
Healthcare
On 23 March 2020, Argentina's President Fernández asked the president of China, Xi Jinping, for 1,500 ventilators as Argentina had only 8,890 available.[193][194] Previously, President Fernández announced the construction of eight emergency hospitals to deal with the pandemic on mid-March 2020.[195] 2,452 non-hospital beds were made available to patients in the final stage of recovering from the disease from hospitals in the province of Buenos Aires.[196]
During the pandemic, more than 400 health professionals were infected, making the 15 percent of the total confirmed cases as of 19 April 2020. According to the Argentinian Intensive Care Society, there are only 1,350 physicians trained for that specialty. Later the Ministry of Health summoned different health professionals, making that number rise over 3,122. The province of Chaco had the worst rate of health professionals infected, with the 52 percent of the total cases of that jurisdiction in April 2020.[197]
Argentina's health system was also dealing with a Dengue fever outbreak, with more than 14,000 cases since 29 July 2019,[198] and the worse measles outbreak since the end of its endemic circulation, after 174 cases and a death were confirmed since 2019.[199]
Until 18 July 2020, there were 181,043 confirmed cases of influenza (down 64.4% versus the same period in 2019), 26,323 cases of pneumonia, 24,643 cases of bronchiolitis in children under 2 years (down 84% versus the same period in 2019), and 9,495 cases of severe acute respiratory infections. Regarding the circulation of respiratory viruses, adenovirus, parainfluenza, influenza B and influenza A predominated as of that date. Also, eight deaths from influenza were registered through that date, from which three of them also tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.[200]
Economy
Due to the national lockdown, the economical activity suffered a collapse of nearly 10% in March 2020 according to a consultant firm. The highest drop was of the construction sector (32%) versus March 2019. Every economical sector suffered a collapse, with finance, commerce, manufacturing industry and mining being the most affected. The agriculture sector was the least affected, but overall the economic activity for the first trimester of 2020 accumulates a 5% contraction. It was expected that the extension of the lockdown beyond April 2020 would increase the collapse of the Argentinian economy.[201] In March 2020, the primary fiscal deficit jumped to US$1,394 million, an 857% increase year-to-year. This was due to the public spending to combat the pandemic and the drop in tax collection due to low activity in a context of social isolation.[202] In June 2020, industrial production fell 6.6% versus June 2019. This was better than the forecast announced by analysts and a smaller drop than in the previous months since the beginning of the pandemic.[203]
President Fernández announced a 700 billion pesos (US$11.1 billion) stimulus package due to the pandemic, worth 2% of the country's GDP, and have focused on providing increased health spending, including for improvements in virus diagnostics, purchases of hospital equipment and construction of clinics and hospitals; support for workers and vulnerable groups, including through increased transfers to poor families, social security benefits (especially to low-income beneficiaries), unemployment insurance benefits, and payments to minimum-wage workers; support for hard-hit sectors, including an exemption from social security contributions, grants to cover payroll costs; and subsidized loans for construction-related activities; forbearance, including continued provision of utility services for households in arrears; and credit guarantees for bank lending to micro, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for the production of foods and basic supplies.[204][205][206][156] The country would also have to face its ninth sovereign default in history due to the recession.[207]
Measures also have been aimed at encouraging bank lending through lower reserve requirements on bank lending to households and SMEs, regulations that limit banks' holdings of central bank paper to provide space for SME lending, temporary easing of bank provisioning needs and of bank loan classification rules, and a stay on both bank account closures due to bounced checks and credit denial to companies with payroll tax arrears.[204]
According to a survey, approximately 143,000 SMEs were not be able to pay salaries and fixed costs, even with government assistance, so they might had to borrow or increase their own capital contribution. 35,000 of these companies were considering to close their business.[208]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported that the COVID-19 crisis would plunge Argentina's GDP by 9.9 percent, after the country's economy contracted by 5.4 percent in first quarter of 2020, with unemployment rising over 10.4 percent in the first three months of the year, before the lockdown started.[209][210][211] Other reports also indicate that the economy might shrink between 10% to 12% during 2020.[203]
Argentina's economy contracted a record 19.1% in the second quarter of 2020 versus the same period of 2019 as the pandemic crippled production and demand, though was slightly better than analyst forecasts.[212][213] The previous record was held during the 1998–2002 Argentine great depression, with a 16.3% drop in 2002.[214] The unemployment rate during the second quarter of 2020 jumped to 13.1%, up from the 10.6% rate that was held in the same period in 2019,[215] reaching up to 26% in Mar del Plata, a tourism-centered city.[216] It was the highest unemployment rate since 2004.[217]
Travel
After announced a mandatory quarantine to every person that returned to Argentina from highly affected countries,[31][32] the government closed its borders, ports, and suspended flights.[13][218] The Argentina 2000 airports signed an agreement with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation to reimburse 100% of the charges originated by the air cargo that enters the country that are directly or indirectly related to the COVID-19.[219]
Since 1 April 2020, the government allowed the return of Argentine residents stranded abroad, with a maximum of 700 passengers per day. Seven border crossings opened temporarily to allow the repatriation of Argentina's inhabitants.[220] Hotels for local tourism closed too, being only open to people staying in a situation of lockdown though the time it lasts. Several tourism-related cities also saw a massive migration from Argentine residents after the announcement of the national lockdown. It was severely criticized by the government.[221]
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Argentina was expected to loosen its travel ban earlier than the date that was previously announced by the government (1 September 2020).[222] Later, it was announced that the government was planning to authorise foreign flights with a maximum passenger capacity of 70%, as soon as mid-August 2020.[223] By September 2020, government announced regular flights could return on the next month.[224] Following this travel ban, one of the most strict in the world,[225] airline LATAM Argentina closed definitely on 17 June 2020,[226][227][228] due to "the conditions of the local industry, aggravated by the pandemic".[229]
During the last week of July 2020, flag carrier airline Aerolíneas Argentinas sold over 188 thousand tickets, with the company reporting that 54 percent of passengers bought their tickets to travel from December 2020 to March 2021, while another 27 percent did so to travel between September and November 2020.[230]
On 22 September 2020, low-cost carriers such as Flybondi, JetSmart Argentina, and legacy airline Aerolíneas Argentinas confirmed that they had moved the dates of their flights with 12 October as the expected restart date, while the Ministry of Transport assured that regular domestic flights would resume in November 2020.[231] Two days later, it was announced that American Airlines would resume its daily flights to Miami since 7 October 2020, on a special flights schedule including two weekly flights to Madrid and Santiago de Chile, three flights a month to New York City, four weekly flights to São Paulo, and flights to Lima (three per month) and Asunción (two per month).[232]
The country resumed regular domestic flights on 22 October 2020 after an interruption of seven months, with protocols requiring passengers to wear face-masks and have travel certificates. Some provinces also required COVID-19 tests with negative result before boarding aircraft or arriving.[233]
On 26 December 2020, the country limited the entry to the country again due to the new COVID-19 strains across the globe, and the rising of infections. The measures were expected to last until 28 January 2021.[234]
Social impact
Argentina was reported to be among the countries in the region whose population adhered to the lockdown the most. Apple reported a decrease of 83 percent on vehicular mobility through 26 April 2020,[235] although 4,900 people were arrested across the country for violating the lockdown.[236] According to Google, since the lockdown, people movement in restaurants, shopping centers, cinemas and museums dropped by 86 percent, the presence of mobile phones on public transportation dropped 80 percent, and in offices a 57 percent. Meanwhile, the presence in residential zones increased by 27 percent.[237][238]
Education
Schools and universities closed indefinitely after the president's announcement of the lockdown. In response to the pandemic, classes moved to online distance learning.[239] 14 million students have been affected by the school closures.[240] Later, the government announced that was evaluating how they would open the schools in the future, and that they were working on the distribution of netbooks to students that do not have access to computers, with the criteria for distributing them based on socioeconomic indicators.[241]
On 9 June 2020, the Ministry of Education expressed that 85 percent of students would be able to return to classes in August, though with special hygiene measures in place, but schools in the Greater Buenos Aires area would have to wait until infections in the region begin to drop off.[242] Three months later, on 3 August 2020, the Ministry of Education confirmed that the provinces of Catamarca, San Juan and Santiago del Estero would begin a process of returning to class under a system that would involve dividing students into groups that could attend classrooms in weekly shifts.[243] On that day, schools of Catamarca and Santiago del Estero opened with directive, administrative and teaching personnel from the last years of primary and secondary levels, that were expected to prepare protocols to restart classes on 18 August 2020.[244][245] Over 10,000 students in San Juan became the first to return to face-to-face classes through social distancing on 10 August 2020.[64][65] The Minister of Education, Nicolás Trotta, also announced that classes would end throughout the country in December 2020 as expected.[246]
During October 2020, the opening of educational institutions was confirmed by the Government of the City of Buenos Aires. Students of the last years of primary and secondary public schools would be able to assist voluntarily to the institutions, with protocols indicating that there will not be more than 10 people together, with an assistance of between two and four days per week, from one to four hours, in outdoor spaces.[247] Private schools in the City of Buenos Aires were also allowed to return to face-to-face activities since 16 October 2020.[248] One week later, the first case of a COVID-19 positive school worker was confirmed in a school in Barracas, Buenos Aires, where the school had to close due to the protocols.[249] Meanwhile, school activities in the Province of Buenos Aires were also confirmed by governor Kicillof to begin in October in 24 municipalities,[250][251] and finally restarted for senior year students in 15 small districts, while in other 79 bigger districts only "rebonding" school activities were allowed.[252][253] A private report estimated in November that 34% of Argentine students were allowed to attend these "rebonding" school activities, while 1% of them were in fact attending in-person classes at the time.[254][255][256]
In November 2020, the City of Buenos Aires allowed a progressive back to school for all students,[257][258] and then announced that the 2021 school year would start earlier than usual, on 17 February 2020,[259] with teachers unions protesting against the reopening of schools.[260][261][262][263] The Province of Buenos Aires allowed school activities in 32 bigger districts during November 2020.[264]
Finally, on 17 February 2021, schools re-opened to students in five out of the 24 jurisdictions.[265]
Criminality
During the pandemic, robberies and homicide went down during the lockdown in most of the country, and increased again as time passed and some restrictions were lifted. In the City of Buenos Aires, under the strictest lockdown, crime went down a 48 percent during the first quarter of the year, and a 56 percent during July 2020, but violence on those crimes increased.[266] In the Province of Buenos Aires, also under strict lockdown, 5,980 armed thefts were reported during the first 97 days of the lockdown, against 13,878 on the same period of the previous year. Also, 201 murders (16 less than in 2019), and 120 attacks with injured victims (against 197 from the previous year) were reported.[267]
In Greater Buenos Aires, an increase in crimes committed by people with no previous record was seen. They were qualified as "survival crime[s]" by the Minister of Security of the province, Sergio Berni.[266][268][269] To deal with this increase in crime, an "Immediate Response Taskforce" was created for the Federal Police, and gendarmes were deployed in the area.[270] The national Minister of Security, Sabina Frederic, stated that, even though in the first days of lockdown crime had went down a lot, as the health precautions relaxed, crime increased, especially the violence used.[271]
In the Buenos Aires' Atlantic coast, a popular summertime vacation place, there was a wave of thefts against summer houses. This was fueled by the lockdown and how difficult it was for the house owners (most of them from Greater Buenos Aires) to access their properties and reinforce security.[272][273][274]
On 7 September 2020, Buenos Aires Provincial Police protests spiked through the province, fueled by having to deal with COVID-19 in the front line, while not being provided any personal protective equipment and earning a monthly minimum wage of 40,000 pesos (about 430 U.S. dollars), with overtime being paid at 50 pesos (2,30 U.S. dollars) per hour.[275][276] Police stopped patrolling, responding only to urgent 911 emergency calls.[277]
Slums
Argentina has a long-standing housing access and slums problem, which was only worsened by the pandemic. Special testing and containment efforts had to be put in place in lower-income neighborhoods, mostly after outbreaks in Buenos Aires (Villa 31 and Barrio Mujica) and Quilmes (Villa Azul and Villa Itatí) shantytowns.[278] These areas, with scarce access to water and ventilation, as well as overcrowding, make complying to the mandatory lockdown difficult and facilitate the COVID-19 rapid spread. The DetectAr testing campaign in Buenos Aires' slums included research of housing conditions and the taking of samples in common areas (such as meal centers) for RT-qPCR tests, which showed high SARS-CoV-2 prevalence.[279] The COVID-19 crisis also increased "land occupations" by social movements, in which they forcefully appropriated lands to establish slums.[280][281] This was also favored by laws suspending evictions as a relief measure for the crisis.[282][283]
It has been estimated that, by September 2020, 4,300 hectares (11,000 acres) of both private and public lands had been usurped in the Buenos Aires Province,[284] the most notable one being located in Guernica, comprising about 100 hectares (250 acres).[285] Housing projects, which had been unfinished for years, were also occupied in some areas.[286] This sparkled political criticism both from the insides of the government, as well from the political opposition, with the Security Minister of the Province of Buenos Aires suggesting that occupations were organized by social movements from inside the governing coalition.[287][288] Justice started investigations on this possible involvement.[289] Some government members initially refused evictions of occupied land,[290] but days later turned into a more critical view.[291] Other sectors of society claimed occupations should not be evicted, and that unused lands should be distributed to the most needed.[292][293]
In the Patagonia region, occupations by people referencing themselves as Mapuches also surged amid the pandemic. One of a 480 hectares (1,200 acres) National Parks area in Villa Mascardi received the biggest national media attention.[294][295] This caused demonstrations of people against the occupation, which ended in the National Minister of Security starting legal complaints against the demonstrators.[296][285]
Public transportation
The government imposed a series of measurements for public transportation (taxis, buses and train services) focused on the hygiene of the units and recommendation of travel only if it's essential.[297] Public transportation services offered a Saturday-schedule until the start of the "administrated lockdown" on 13 April 2020. Since this day, all public transportation services returned to the normal schedules, but still maintaining the hygiene measures to prevent the spread of the virus.[298]
On 4 May 2020, the government announced a new protocol that orders that public transportation will only occupy 60 percent of its capacity. The combis and mini-buses services will also begin to work again since the begin of the mandatory lockdown.[299]
After the use of public transportation in Greater Buenos Aires grew by 60 percent in early June 2020,[300] the government announced new measures to allow only "essential workers" for the use of train, bus and underground services.[301] Train passengers were be forced to reserve seats in order to travel since 29 June 2020.[302] Under the lockdown tightening that came into effect on 1 July 2020, public transportation use in Greater Buenos Aires dropped by 30 percent (around 300,000 passengers) on the first days compared versus the previous week.[303]
On 4 August 2020, the Sarmiento Line of train interrupted its service after COVID-19 cases were detected among its employees.[304] 36 workers tested positive for the virus and 130 people had to be isolated. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the line accumulated 56 confirmed cases of COVID-19 to that date.[305]
Human rights
As for the human rights situation, claims were made on police brutality,[306] an increase of domestic violence,[307] human trafficking,[308] and the right to freedom of movement.[309][310][311][312][313] Particularly, two cases of police brutality received substantial attention on national media: the death of Luis Espinoza, who was killed by the Tucumán Provincial Police during a control of lockdown abidance,[314] and the disappearance of Facundo Astudillo Castro, who was later found dead near Bahía Blanca, after being stopped several times by the Buenos Aires Provincial Police for not complying with the lockdown measures.[315][316] Police involvement in the latter is suspected but has yet not been proven. The UN made claims to the Argentine government on these cases.[317][318]
Mobility was heavily restricted, with strict checkpoints in province's borders, which allowed entrance only on a limited number of cases with a permit.[319][320] Dirt barricades were built in some cities' entrances. This led to cases of citizens not being able to greet a family member on their deathbed despite having the required permits,[321][322] and patients dying due to ambulances not being allowed to enter another province.[323] Some people had to camp in the provincial borders.[324][325] It was estimated that around 8,000 people were stranded trying to access the Formosa Province, which led to a ruling of the Supreme Court of Argentina stating they should be granted access.[326][327] Truck drivers also criticized the roadblocks and lockdown control measures in roads, stating they had to wait for up to 20 hours in police checkpoints,[310] and considering the measures as inhumane, among other reasons, for being unable to make bathroom stops for hours.[328][329]
Commercial flights were restricted from April to the end of October 2020,[330][331] following one of the longest lockdowns worldwide,[332][333] and causing criticism from the International Air Transport Association.[334][335]
Media
Since the start of the national lockdown, broadcast television saw a 30 percent increase of viewership during the week between 17 and 22 March 2020. The networks increased the airtime of talk shows and news programming, while reality shows were still in production.[336][337][338]
A fundraising special show aimed to the Red Cross for supplying hospitals and health centers aired throughout all six broadcast networks (América TV, Televisión Pública, El Nueve, Telefe, El Trece and Net TV) on 5 April 2020. The show, called "United for Argentina", included celebrities and famous people from the Argentine media. Donations reached a total of 87,938,624 Argentine pesos (ARS).[340]
The only telenovela that was airing on broadcast television before the beginning of the pandemic, Separadas (from El Trece), was removed from the schedule after its 19 March 2020 airing and production was suspended temporarily.[341] Two months later, producing company Pol-Ka definitely cancelled the show due to "economic reasons", leaving Argentine television without any scripted programming.[342]
The first cases of COVID-19 reached Argentine television in June 2020. The first confirmed case was from El Nueve's sports journalist Guillermo Ferro.[343] Later, three producers from Telefe's El Precio Justo were also diagnosed, making the show to enter on hiatus and schedule reruns to air instead.[344] El Precio Justo's hostess Lizy Tagliani later reported that she was diagnosed positive for COVID-19. Telefe also announced that talk show Cortá por Lozano would be broadcast with the hostess and panelists from their homes as a preventive measure.[345] An employee from América TV was also diagnosed with COVID-19 on 18 June 2020.[346] On 27 June 2020, news channel C5N implemented a protocol to prevent new infections after one of their journalists, Fernanda Arena, tested positive for COVID-19.[347]
Through the beginning of September, several journalists, hosts, crew and famous personalities from television and radio tested positive for the virus. Santiago del Moro, Catherine Fulop, Guido Kaczka, Andy Kusnetzoff, Alejandro Fantino, Baby Etchecopar, Eduardo Feinmann, Nicole Neumann and Maju Lozano were among the people from the Argentine media that have been tested positive.[339]
Sports
On 12 March 2020, FIFA announced that the first two rounds of the South American qualification for the 2022 World Cup due to take place during that month were postponed to later dates.[348] The same day, CONMEBOL announced that the Copa Libertadores would be temporarily suspended.[349] Later, on 17 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the 2020 edition of Copa América was postponed to 2021.[350]
On 13 March, the 2020 running of Rally Argentina was postponed.[351] The MotoGP's Gran Premio Motul de la Republica Argentina was also scheduled to take place during the year but was later cancelled on 31 July.[352]
On 15 March 2020, President Fernández announced that, among other measures, he intended to keep football matches ongoing but without audience.[353] The first match suspended by the Argentine Football Association (AFA) was between Club Atlético Independiente and Club Villa Mitre from the Copa Argentina. It was supposed to be played on 17 March, but was moved to 1 April 2020.[354] On that same day, every football category was suspended indefinitely,[355] being the match between Club Atlético Colón and Rosario Central (for the Superliga) the last played, on 16 March 2020.[356]
After months of uncertainty,[357][358] a tentative date for the return of football was announced. It was expected that since 31 July 2020, the teams would be able to return to practice after the players, coaching staff and club employees are tested, following the steps that were taken in European football, making the tournament to return on mid-September.[359] Later, on 4 August 2020, the Argentine Football Association announced that after health protocols were approved by the government, practices of the Men's First Division and Women's First Division would definitely return on 10 August, later being joined by the First National on 2 September and the rest of the categories on 7 September 2020.[66][67] Before returning to practice, several clubs such as Boca Juniors, River Plate, Independiente, Racing, San Lorenzo and Vélez Sársfield, among others, tested its players with positive results for COVID-19.[360][361]
Estadísticas
Ver también
- COVID-19 pandemic by country
- COVID-19 pandemic in South America
- Misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic
- 2020 in Argentina
- 2021 in Argentina
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enlaces externos
- COVID-19 Global Cases and historical data by Johns Hopkins University.
- COVID-19 Cases in Argentina