Coronavirus in Argentina | What will be the shops enabled in the City and what will be the recreational outings

As of Monday, May 11, a new phase of quarantine will take effect in the city of Buenos Aires: the “proximity” businesses may open their doors and citizens would be empowered to carry out a recreational outing one hour on Saturdays and Sundays.

The Buenos Aires authorities are working this Friday on the final details of the new stage of isolation, which will be sought gradually open the economy of the City without neglecting the contagion curve.

According to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Health of the Nation, they are 1583 the cases of coronavirus in CABA since the start of the pandemic.

The government of Horacio Rodríguez Larreta has defined to allow the opening of “proximity” shops. The decision was made after analyzing the contagion curve of the last week, in which a certain “stabilization” was observed in the increase in infected people.

Although it is still working on the fine print of the advertisement, this medium could know that business in general will be enabled, except for clothing and shoe stores, hairdressers and gyms. Nor will they get the green light to work the shopping.

For their part, restaurants and bars they can only work under the modality “take away“that is, the removal of food without entering the premises. The delivery, as it happened until now, will work without changes.

The measurements of economic revival They seek to respond to requests from the City’s chambers of commerce, which observe with concern the paralysis of the sector.

This measure will be carefully monitored to avoid that the opening of shops does not alter the contagion curve.

Recreational outings

The inhabitants of the City will be able to enjoy a “recreational outing” one hour, Saturdays and Sundays. It is a decision that seeks to mitigate the negative effect that isolation generates in those who for almost 50 days have respected quarantine without leaving their home.

The measure would include minors and older adults. In the case of children, they must be accompanied by a person in charge.

It works in a system of ratings based on the completion of the National Identity Document (DNI). In this way, the crowding of people on the streets will be avoided.