NEW RULES: KEY DETAILS

According to Health Minister Carla Vizzotti, the parameters for defining states of epidemiological alert for urban centres of over 300,000 inhabitants will be: An occupancy of intensive care beds superior to 80 percent.

An increase in the patients going into intensive care wards due to Covid-19 superior to 20 percent as against the previous week.

Individual precautions will also remain in force such as a minimum distance of two metres between persons, the use of face-masks, the constant ventilation of rooms and frequent hand-washing.

ACTIVITIES PERMITTED NATIONWIDE WILL BE THE FOLLOWING: Indoors:

♦ Sporting, social, cultural, recreational and religious activities and events, including cinemas, theatres, clubs, restaurants, cultural centres, gyms, casinos and bingo halls with 70 percent seating.

♦ Attending day centres and clubs for the elderly up to a capacity of 70 percent for those completely vaccinated against Covid-19 14 days or more beforehand.

♦ Social meetings in private homes up to 20 people.

Outdoors:

♦ Excursions and tourist activities according to the extant protocols and norms and exclusively in transport permitting proper ventilation.

♦ Public meetings and activities up to 100 people. Local authorities will have the right to reduce admission according to the epidemiological and health parameters.

♦ The following activities are permitted nationwide:

♦ Mass events whether artistic, musical, social or sporting up to 1,000 people.

♦ Social meetings in private homes up to 10 people indoors and up to 20 outdoors.

♦ Outdoor public activities and social meetings up to 100 people.

♦ The Buenos Aires City Mayor may impose temporary and specific restrictions in places under his jurisdiction according to epidemiological conditions.