News of gines

Pedro Cahn: ‘If things get out of hand, more lockdowns may be necessary’

03-04-2021 07:14 Dr Pedro Cahn is the Scientific Director of Fundación Huésped, a major NGO devoted to the fight against HIV/AIDS. During the coronavirus pandemic, he has served as part of an expert committee advising the Presidency and the Health Ministry on how to combat the transmission of Covid-19.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Coronavirus pandemic

A year on from first Covid-19 case, virus crisis far from over

03-03-2021 15:58 On 3 March 2020, the first case of Covid-19 was detected in Argentina. One year on, more than 2.11 million have been infected and 52,000 people have lost their lives.

AND THAT REMINDS ME...

The craft of graft

27-02-2021 08:42 The paradox of corruption is that it is such an ingrained everyday phenomenon at many levels that it explodes into big news relatively infrequently.

by Michael Soltys

THE WEEK

There's no jab against ego tripping

27-02-2021 07:29 Cutting corners, contacting cronies for dodgy favours and jumping lines is almost a national sport in Argentina.

by Martín Gambarotta

VIP VACCINE SCANDAL

Government struggles to contain ‘VIP vaccine’ scandal

27-02-2021 07:06 Opposition leaders pile on pressure over “vaccinations of privilege,” accusing ruling Peronist coalition of seeking to “vaccinate a Kirchnerite oligarchy.”

VIP VACCINE SCANDAL

Government releases list of vaccine recipients as scandal grows

22-02-2021 23:38 Pressure grows on Alberto Fernández administration over ‘VIP vaccination’ scandal. Casa Rosada releases a list of Peronist leaders, officials and their family members who received Sputnik jab.

VIP VACCINE SCANDAL

Survey: 61% distrust government’s Covid-19 vaccination plan

22-02-2021 17:15 Following the controversial "VIP Vaccination" scandal that surfaced at the tail-end of last week, a new Management & Fit survey finds that six out of ten people lack confidence in government's vaccine plan.

VIP VACCINE SCANDAL

Fernández slams 'unforgivable' vaccine line-jump scandal

22-02-2021 13:09 President Alberto Fernández, delivering his first comments on the so-called 'VIP vaccination' scandal, said Sunday that the actions of his health minister had been "unforgivable."

VIP VACCINE SCANDAL

Vizzotti sworn in as health minister amid 'VIP vaccine' scandal

21-02-2021 08:40 Carla Vizzotti sworn in as Argentina's new health minister, following the resignation of her predecessor Ginés González García.

VIP VACCINE SCANDAL

VIP vaccine scandal: President asks health minister to resign

19-02-2021 20:56 President Alberto Fernández asks Health Minister Ginés González García to resign post amid claims government supporters exploited contacts to jump vaccination queue.

Covid-19 vaccine

Shipment of 580,000 vaccine doses arrives from India

17-02-2021 15:26 A shipment of 580,000 Covid-19 vaccines from India's Serum Institute arrives in Argentina to bolster government's immunisation campaign.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Argentina surpasses two million Covid-19 cases, 50,000 deaths

13-02-2021 08:55 Eleven months on from confirmation of the first case in the country, officials said Wednesday that more than two million people have tested positive for Covid-19.

Coronavirus Pandemic

New coronavirus strains enters Argentina from Brazil

09-02-2021 17:19 Argentina has detected two new coronavirus variants brought into the country by passengers arriving from Brazil, announced Health Minister Ginés González García has revealed.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Argentina better prepared for Covid-19 second wave, says official

06-02-2021 08:32 Health Minister Ginés González García says Argentina has signed contracts for the provision for 62 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines – but provides little information on delivery dates.

CORONAVIRUS VACCINE

Local labs in talks to produce Sputnik V vaccine

06-02-2021 08:24 Government’s decision to go all-in on Russia's Sputnik V vaccine pays off, as analysis published in 'The Lancet' concludes jab is 91.6% effective.

Coronavirus pandemic

Health minister: Argentina has agreements for 62 million vaccine doses

04-02-2021 00:22 Health Minister Ginés González García said Wednesday that Argentina has signed contracts for the provision of some 62 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines.

Coronavirus vaccine

Argentina begins administering second Sputnik V doses

19-01-2021 22:43 The government began administering second doses of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine Tuesday after receiving another shipment of 300,000 shots at the weekend.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Officials preach ‘prevention and care’ as fatalities surpass 45,000

16-01-2021 07:15 More than 200,000 citizens now vaccinated against Covid-19, says Health Ministry; Second flight carrying doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine due to arrive in Buenos Aires today.

EDITORIAL

Good riddance to 2020… ...and hello to a happier 2021?

02-01-2021 08:34 At a stretch 2020 could almost be summarised by one single C-word – next year is a little more difficult, but the midterm elections will undoubtedly be a defining moment.

VACCINES & POLITICS

Unforced errors and the unlikely prospect of unity

02-01-2021 08:24 It’s time to put aside differences and find a common way forward together, tackling the structural problems that will allow the country to move in the direction of progress.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

BLOOMBERG

Argentina kicks off vaccination drive with Russia’s Sputnik

29-12-2020 13:34 With the initiative, Argentina joins North America, the United Kingdom, European Union, China and Chile in offering preventive shots that are expected to bring the pandemic, its deaths and its disastrous economic effects, to an end.

Covid-19 vaccination

Covid-19 vaccinations begin in provinces across country

29-12-2020 11:51 The government launched its Covid-19 vaccination campaign on Tuesday morning using Sputnik V shots developed by Russia.

Covid-19 vaccine

Argentina becomes first Latin American nation to approve Russian vaccine

24-12-2020 01:00 Health Ministry authorises emergency approval of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, with first shipment expected to arrive in country on Thursday.

EDITORIAL

This Sputnik has really gone to the moon

19-12-2020 10:16 In recent weeks the Sputnik vaccine has become something of a fetish for this government, while at the same time demonised by opposition media in particular, but neither extreme is justified.

THE WEEK

What we learned this week: December 12 to 19

19-12-2020 10:07 Our weekly round-up of the stories that caught our eye in Argentina over the last seven days.

POLITICS AND THE PANDEMIC

The vaccine conversation

19-12-2020 08:42 These glitches and delays add up to negative headlines. Opposition leaders accused the government of deliberately keeping the public in the dark about the pending approval of the vaccine for those over 60.

by Martín Gambarotta

COVID-19 VACCINE

Pfizer applies for vaccine approval in Argentina as government details targets

05-12-2020 08:28 President Alberto Fernández says 300,000 could be vaccinated using Russian vaccine in next few weeks, followed by 10 million more by end of February.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Covid-19 vaccine in Argentina: Who, what, when and how

28-11-2020 08:24 Government’s new Covid-19 vaccine committee, headed by the president, meets at Casa Rosada as preparations for mass vaccination programme get underway. Here’s what we know so far about a vaccine in Argentina.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Government wants to begin Covid-19 vaccinations in January

24-11-2020 22:07 Government plans to start its massive vaccination programme in January, as long as the vaccines are ready available, says Health Minister Ginés González García.

Coronavirus pandemic

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.

News of gines

Pedro Cahn: ‘If things get out of hand, more lockdowns may be necessary’

A year on from first Covid-19 case, virus crisis far from over

The craft of graft

There's no jab against ego tripping

Government struggles to contain ‘VIP vaccine’ scandal

Government releases list of vaccine recipients as scandal grows

Survey: 61% distrust government’s Covid-19 vaccination plan

Fernández slams 'unforgivable' vaccine line-jump scandal

Vizzotti sworn in as health minister amid 'VIP vaccine' scandal

VIP vaccine scandal: President asks health minister to resign

Shipment of 580,000 vaccine doses arrives from India

Argentina surpasses two million Covid-19 cases, 50,000 deaths

New coronavirus strains enters Argentina from Brazil

Argentina better prepared for Covid-19 second wave, says official

Local labs in talks to produce Sputnik V vaccine

Health minister: Argentina has agreements for 62 million vaccine doses

Argentina begins administering second Sputnik V doses

Officials preach ‘prevention and care’ as fatalities surpass 45,000

Good riddance to 2020… ...and hello to a happier 2021?

Unforced errors and the unlikely prospect of unity

Argentina kicks off vaccination drive with Russia’s Sputnik

Covid-19 vaccinations begin in provinces across country

Argentina becomes first Latin American nation to approve Russian vaccine

This Sputnik has really gone to the moon

What we learned this week: December 12 to 19

The vaccine conversation

Pfizer applies for vaccine approval in Argentina as government details targets

Covid-19 vaccine in Argentina: Who, what, when and how

Government wants to begin Covid-19 vaccinations in January

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

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

Argentina to co-produce coronavirus vaccine with Mexico

100 days of quarantine

Ginés González García: Coronavirus peak may arrive in two weeks

Officials debate future of quarantine, likely to limit public transport

More than 30,000 coronavirus infections in Argentina

May 23 - May 30: What we learned this week

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

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

Argentina's coronavirus death toll reaches 500

Officials in Argentina studying protocols for return of football training

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

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

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

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

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

Six provinces begin testing to detect coronavirus

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

Covid-19 pandemic brings Health Ministry to the fore

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

Argentina has 'valuable support' from European nations for IMF debt talks

The P1 or 'Brazilian' variant: what we know about new Covid strain

Supreme Court says it will rule on row over in-person classes

Protesters take to streets to reject tightened Covid measures

Argentina records highest inflation rate in 18 months: 4.8%

Diego Brancatelli quiso defender el DNU de Alberto Fernández y se quedó sin argumentos

COVID- 19 | El crudo relato de dos médicos de La Plata: "Esta segunda ola es fulminante"

Desde la clínica donde está internada, la jueza Servini le pidió la renuncia a Gustavo Hornos

Alberto Fernández tuvo que ir a una capacitación tras la polémica por los niños con discapacidad

La Ciudad de Buenos Aires analiza comprar 2700 ataúdes y 1600 urnas funerarias para evitar cuello de botella