Argentina relaxes virus measures in Buenos Aires again

Argentina’s government announced on Friday it was relaxing coronavirus containment measures in the capital Buenos Aires despite continued high infection rates.

From Monday, non-essential businesses, industry and certain professional activities can restart, Buenos Aires mayor Horacio Rodriguez Larreta and the provincial governor Axel Kicillof said in a news conference.

Citizens will also be allowed to go outside for sport and to visit places of worship.

“We’re a very long way from having overcome this situation. The risk is still latent,” said President Alberto Fernandez.

“We’re going to try to come back to normal life in this new world that requires a different type of attention.”

Argentina has recorded almost 115,000 coronavirus cases and more than 2,100 deaths among its 44 million population.

More than 90 percent of cases have been in the greater Buenos Aires region, home to around a third of the population.

Containment measures have been relaxed once before but were reimposed on July 1 to combat a surge in cases. (AFP)

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