Can they go back to work this monday?

The head of the Buenos Aires Government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, announced at a press conference that some trade items, such as household appliances, bookstores and toy stores, will gradually open from next Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. from Monday to Friday, and people will enter the premises according to the completion of the DNI in odd or even number.

“We have a gradual plan for the opening of activities. On Monday, May 11, we will present the proposal to the national government, and we hope that from Tuesday, May 12, some commercial activities will gradually work again,” he explained.

Also, they are going to allow walks with boyyes, with certain restrictions, and will be enabled exclusive blocks for pedestrians.

In this context, what happens to domestic employment? Will they be able to return to the activity in the City of Buenos Aires?

Faced with this question, Rodríguez Larreta said that the domestic workers for now will not be able to return to their jobs. Both he and the Buenos Aires vice minister Diego Santilli indicated that they are one of the services that move a lot in public transport, so they will remain unchanged.

In parallel, Rodríguez Larreta announced the next steps that will be taken to progressively relax the quarantine:

1. More businesses will be operational again

The new activities that will be excepted from the quarantine will operate from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and only on weekdays.

“We seek that the opening and closing of shops does not coincide with the peak hours of public transport,” said the head of the government, who clarified that the plan for the gradual opening of activities was coordinated with the national government and that of the province of Buenos Aires. Aires.

Rodríguez Larreta explained that the shops that will open in the next few days must post a door sign indicating the number of people that you can enter simultaneously.

Regarding the new businesses enabled, he explained that the entry of people will be ordered according to the number in which their DNI. “Those who have DNI that ends in even number will go couple days and those with numbers odd (they will) odd days“the communal chief detailed.

2. You can go out with the boys (but not freely)

As he explained, they will be enabled Departures with boys during the weekends with the parents, depending on the Document number and at limited times.

They can be done Saturday and Sunday (from Saturday 5/16). Daughters, daughters, or minors in charge with an adult:

• For boys up to and including 15 years.
• Only on weekends.
• ID of the parent who takes them.
• DNI terminated in PAR: even days.
• DNI ending in ODD: odd days.
• Maximum one hour.
• Up to 500 meters from the house.
• Children under 6 years have to go out without masks.
• In squares and parks, you can only circulate on the internal sidewalks and paths as long as it is open (without bars).

3. They will adapt exclusive areas for pedestrians

Approximately 100 streets of the City will be made partially or totally pedestrian to ensure social distance and try to avoid crowds and encourage neighborhood-scale commerce without using public transportation, promoting pedestrian and bicycle mobility, to thus avoiding the spread of the coronavirus.

On the other hand, a manual is made available to merchants so that they can adopt protective measures.

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