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Government: Coronavirus vaccine 'won't be mandatory' in Argentina

05-11-2020 16:49 Government officials said Thursday that the deployment of any coronavirus vaccine in Argentina will not be mandatory, as they sought to calm concerns over treatments used to tackle Covid-19.

Coronavirus pandemic

Government says some negative Covid-19 tests weren’t being counted

21-10-2020 16:39 Health Minister Ginés González García says some provinces are misreporting test data, explaining Argentina's "very high" positivity rate.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Argentina to co-produce coronavirus vaccine with Mexico

12-08-2020 17:48 President Alberto Fernández confirms Argentina and Mexico will co-produce millions of doses of a coronavirus vaccine developed by scientists at the University of Oxford and Swedish-British pharma firm AstraZeneca.

100 DAYS OF QUARANTINE

100 days of quarantine

27-06-2020 07:48 On March 20, President Alberto Fernández told the nation in a televised address that all citizens would enter a mandatory quarantine period in an effort to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Though restrictions in some regions have now been loosened, many Argentines are today waking up this morning to their 100th day of lockdown. Here’s a look back at how the pandemic has changed our lives.

by Michael Soltys

HEALTH MINISTER

Ginés González García: Coronavirus peak may arrive in two weeks

19-06-2020 00:10 “We believe those weeks could be the weeks with the most cases,” says health minister in an interview, referring to the last week of June and first of July.

Coronavirus Pandemic

Officials debate future of quarantine, likely to limit public transport

15-06-2020 16:10 National, Buenos Aires City and provincial health ministers meet to debate future of quarantine and preventative steps to tackle Covid-19, as officials in Chaco announce return to stricter lockdown in province.

Coronavirus pandemic

More than 30,000 coronavirus infections in Argentina

14-06-2020 09:31 Health Ministry officials confirmed another 1,531 cases of Covid-19 on Saturday night, taking Argentina past the 30,000-barrier since the pandemic began.

THE LAST SEVEN DAYS

May 23 - May 30: What we learned this week

30-05-2020 09:54 Noticeable stories from the last seven days in Argentina.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Pandemic will peak in Argentina ‘at end of June,’ says minister

30-05-2020 09:35 Health Ministry officials confirm 717 new infections, taking total confirmed cases above 15,000. To date, 520 fatalities have been recorded from Covid-19.

FEATURE-LENGTH INTERVIEW

Ginés González García: ‘This is not a dictatorship of the infectologists’

30-05-2020 08:34 Three-time health minister, veteran doctor and specialist in public healthcare, Ginés González García is leading the country’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. In an interview with Jorge Fontevecchia, he discusses the lockdown, the hunt for a vaccine and what comes next for Argentina.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina's coronavirus death toll reaches 500

28-05-2020 00:31 Over the last 24 hours, 10 new fatalities and 706 infections were registered in Argentina. Health Minister Ginés González García, leading fight against pandemic in country, spends night in hospital after experiencing numbness in left arm, but condition is not related to virus.

FOOTBALL & CORONAVIRUS

Officials in Argentina studying protocols for return of football training

14-05-2020 11:46 Government begins studying health protocols for potential return of professional football training, with May 25 the earliest possible date; AFA don't expect games to restart until summer, in December or January.

Coronavirus pandemic

Lockdown set for extension beyond May 10, with measures eased in some provinces

06-05-2020 16:49 Nationwide lockdown to tackle the spread of the novel Covid-19 coronavirus will be extended by the government beyond the current May 10 expiration date, but some restrictions look set to be lifted in select provinces.

Coronavirus pandemic

Scientists in Argentina decipher complete genome of SARS-Cov-2

08-04-2020 14:32 Work by ANLIS-Malbrán Institute specialists will allow experts to follow evolution of virus in Argentina, ensure quality of diagnosis and contribute to development of vaccine.

by Florencia Ballarino

Coronavirus pandemic

Virus death toll rises to 55 in Argentina, as testing steps up

07-04-2020 16:02 More than 1,000 tests for Covid-19 now taking place each day, using123 laboratories across the country, says Health Ministry.

Coronavirus pandemic

Health minister: Argentina will need 'gradual exit' from lockdown

31-03-2020 14:52 Health Minister Ginés González García says officials are already studying how to reactivate the economy after April 12 and suggests that industries with younger, less vulnerable workforces will return to work first.

Coronavirus pandemic

Death toll rises to 20, as officials confirm 75 new Covid-19 cases

29-03-2020 21:56 First cases confirmed in La Rioja and San Juan provinces, as total number of infected rises to 820. Latest fatality is 58-year-old male, no location given. President on verge of announcing extension to nationwide lockdown.

Coronavirus pandemic

Six provinces begin testing to detect coronavirus

25-03-2020 15:28 As of last Sunday, an average of 200 samples per day were analysed nationwide, with between 8 to 10 percent confirmed as positive. Argentina's provinces had criticised the delay in obtaining results.

by Florencia Ballarino

Coronavirus pandemic

Border controls tightened as officials seek to 'put brakes' on incomings

14-03-2020 18:36 Government will publish a resolution which will "put more brakes on the entry of foreigners who have spent the last 14 days in areas with viral circulation" of the Covid-19 outbreak, health minister confirms.

MINISTRY POSITIONS

Covid-19 pandemic brings Health Ministry to the fore

14-03-2020 10:23 The problems in healthcare are basically organisational – Argentine medicine as such is world-class and the envy of many more developed countries.

by Michael Soltys

CORONAVIRUS CONSEQUENCES

It would be ‘counterproductive’ to close schools, says health minister

14-03-2020 08:35 Health Minister Ginés González García and Education Minister Nicolás Trotta confirms schools will remain open – for now.

Coronavirus outbreak

Schools will remain open 'for the moment,' says education minister

13-03-2020 12:38 As the government introduces emergency measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, Nicolás Trotta confirmed today that schools will remain open – for now.

Coronavirus

City government says Buenos Aires is prepared to face coronavirus

28-02-2020 16:10 Horacio Rodríguez Larreta says no cases of virus have been diagnosed in Argentina, but that all preventative measures have been taken should a case be confirmed.

Coronavirus Outbreak

Brazil confirms case of coronavirus; Argentina takes precautions

26-02-2020 13:29 Argentina has begun implementing precautionary measures to fight the spread of coronavirus, after Brazil confirms Latin America's first case of the disease and the number of confirmed cases in Italy continues to grow.

WOMEN RIGHTS

'Soon' – Fernández vows to present abortion legalisation

21-02-2020 13:42 Health Minister, Ginés González García, declares that President Fernández will send an abortion reform bill to Congress "soon," but underlines that the Peronist leader will determine its timetable.

CORONAVIRUS

Health officials play down risk of coronavirus hitting Argentina

31-01-2020 12:22 WHO declares a global emergency in response to the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, which has already caused at least 170 deaths. Health Minister affirms there is ‘no Argentine case’ yet.

Emergency Bill

González García: 'Argentina's health system in a critical state'

19-12-2019 15:17 Health minister delivered his comments during a presentation to a congressional Budget and Treasury committee, as lawmakers debate Fernández administration's legislative package.

Aborto Legal

New government publishes new guidelines for non-punishable abortions

13-12-2019 12:05 Change will make it harder for hospitals to deny women seeking to terminate pregnancies in cases of rape or endangerment to their health.

Transition 2019

Health Ministry veteran González García to return, confirms Fernández

04-12-2019 17:07 Ginés González García will serve for a third time as nation's health minister, president-elect confirms – and he says he will reinstate the abortion protocol struck down last month by President Macri.