Argentina: government announces strict lockdown after surge
FRANCE24, 21 May 2021
#Argentina will go into total #lockdown for nine days as it grapples with the worst phase yet of the #Covid-19 pandemic, President Alberto Fernandez said Thursday."We must accept that we are in a critical moment," Fernandez said as Argentina recorded 35,000 new cases in one day. The pandemic has claimed nearly 73,000 lives in the South American giant.Only businesses deemed essential will remain open under the lockdown, which starts Saturday.
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