The day after the announcement that officialized the tightening of the quarantine in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area due to the advance of the cases of coronavirus, the chief of Cabinet, Santiago Cafiero assured that beyond the questions in the Government they are “willing to pay all the political costs to save lives“.
Cafiero acknowledged that “there are expressions of tiredness” due to the extension of the quarantine, but also warned that “there is an acceleration of the circulation of the virus” in that region and “experts advise us to take these measures”, which “are difficult because the Pandemic affects people’s economy, but we have to take care of life. “
Speaking to radio The uncovering, the Chief of Cabinet stated that “Argentine society is accompanying the measures being taken and does not necessarily accompany the Government, but that there is a family and social responsibility.”
“Even anti-quarantines use face masks“ironically Cafiero, who remarked that” the axis where President Alberto Fernández puts the centrality is in the care of the people and for that reason we are willing to pay all the political costs to save lives. “
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Regarding the militancy of certain sectors against social, preventive and compulsory isolation, the national official pointed out that “there are political spaces that seek a political return.”
“The start of the quarantine was at the right time. It gave us time to strengthen a health system that in the last four years had not received a weight. We built 12 modular hospitals. It was key to have entered the quarantine early,” he said. the official.
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But what worries the Government these days, in addition to the increase in cases, is the growing demand for intensive care beds, which could lead to a saturation of the health system in the metropolitan region.
“We need to put our foot on the brakes and wait for another of the variables such as bed occupancy to drop, to avoid saturation of the health system. By all means we must avoid it. The increase in bed occupancy has been taking place step by step. accelerated and deserves to do this brake to try to contain the virus circulation, “he insisted minutes later in statements to Radio with you.
In addition, and consulted on the process of renegotiating the debt that the government is carrying out, Cafiero launched harsh criticism of former Cambiemos officials who, according to him, “demand to close an agreement by handing everything over” to private creditors.
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“They are broken faces because they are the same ones that brought us here. It would be very easy to close an agreement as they say. But we will not hand over sovereignty. Debt negotiation cannot be an anchor for the country’s economic development” Cafiero launched.
He also referred to the Government’s project to intervene in the Vicentin cereal factory. He acknowledged that the focus is now on the project that Santa Fe governor Omar Perotti presented as an alternative.
“We have arranged to rescue it and as the president said we did not fall in love with any means. Perotti’s proposal appeared and on that hypothesis we are working with greater force. For now we think about the alternative that the governor presented, we will see if he walks”, stressed.
