Within hours of a new stage of quarantine for the coronavirus, With greater restrictions in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA), the Minister of Health, Ginés González García, Admitted that it is not known until when those measures will be extended.
“I do not know if so much, but of course we have to be well guarded until 17. Any prediction is very difficult, the truth is that we do not know,” said the official when asked in CNN Radio on whether the quarantine could be extended until August.
González García assured that the Government always took the measures “looking at how the virus develops, what the expansion has been like and what the resources are like”, and explained that it is difficult to make a forecast beyond 15 days.
“It all depends on what we do and how much we fulfill what we are saying now”, said the minister, who also stressed that “today almost all of Argentina at a geographical level is practically in an almost normal life, except in Chaco, in the AMBA and in some small places in Neuquén.”
In any case, he highlighted the behavior and conscience of Argentines: “If I look at the death rate, we are lower than last year, because there has been a lot of prevention of respiratory diseases, due to the collective measures that we have taken. Not only have they been well vaccinated against the flu, vaccination has been a record, but also people go out less, take better care of themselves. There are fewer deaths from traffic accidents too. “
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On the responsiveness of the health system, Ginés tried to bring calm. “I would not accept as a person and as a doctor, in addition to being a minister, that there is an Argentine who cannot be served by the system.” He added: “The medical services are intact, we have put a lot of money so that everyone has the capacity to respond.”
Along these lines, he also discussed the possibility of transferring patients from one district to another if necessary. “It is not easy to transfer a patient, but it is possible. For example, Córdoba has offered it. But we are nowhere near that. Because the measures we are taking have to do with what we implemented initially, which caused us to have minor consequences compared to other countries. “
The minister minimized the chances that Argentina receives patients from Chile, whose health system is collapsed: “That will have to be resolved by the provinces. The pandemic shows the best and the worst. Although we have many examples of solidarity, there are also many provinces that say they don’t want to receive anyone from another province, much less if they are sick. I fight all day against that. “
Asked about the trip you plan Alberto Fernández To Chaco, one of the most punished districts along with AMBA, for this Tuesday, Ginés said that he asked the President not to do so. “Alberto thought that he should be more emphatic not only with the AMBA but also with Chaco. And he wants to go. We tell him not to go. He wants to be there and I don’t know if he will go, but if he does, he doesn’t leave the airport. He wants to give a message to the people of Chaco. “
Finally, the official spoke about the projects that exist in the world to have the vaccine and what role Argentina plays.
“There are more than 100 global projects, and five or six that say they are closer. They are large multinational laboratories … When a country finishes the laboratory tests, it passes to (tests with) people. There is a phase, which is 3, in which they already have to have a very large number of people. And I want Argentina to enter phase 3, asking for consideration we Argentines have priority when the vaccine exists“.
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