GOVERNMENT COULD RE-OPEN BORDERS TO FOREIGN TOURISTS NEXT MONTH

The government is analysing whether to re-open the country’s borders to foreign tourists next month, according to Casa Rosada sources.

“We have to keep advancing with the second doses [of Covid-19 vaccines] and next month, we will evaluate the entry of foreign tourists with both doses, starting with neighbouring countries,” a top government source said this week.

Tourists from neighbouring countries “would not need [to] quarantine” upon arrival in Argentina and by September, the country could be hosting mass sporting events and concerts, the source said.

Describing Argentina’s vaccination campaign as “highly advanced,” the source said that government data showed that “we have 58.5 percent of persons aged over 50 with two doses while 60 percent of the entire population have at least a single dose.”

Regarding the entry of the Delta variant, another Casa Rosada source considered that Argentina is “better placed” than some months back, given that “some very strong advances in vaccination were possible before the arrival of the new variant.”

“Argentina has major coverage with regard to the arrival of the Delta variant, which does not mean that there will be no contagion, but hospitalised cases and deaths will be greatly reduced,” one of the sources reflected.

The government is keeping quiet on the possibility of Argentina experiencing a third wave of coronavirus but sources stress that the country is “more robust” than at the start of the pandemic.

“Here we can hardly say that it’s all over, but we seem far more robust,” they emphasised. “We’re coming through the winter with all activities open and cases keep coming down.”