/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/DAZRZH7UYNDNFAO5BKCDHRKGSE.jpg "Alberto Fernández: “You have to be afraid of smart quarantine”")
“Experience says that you have to be a little afraid of smart quarantine. I was very attacked for several days because I did not look at the experiences of Chile and Sweden, but it is shown that smart quarantines were not that smart“President Alberto Fernández said in a dialogue that he had by videoconference with the Governor of Chaco, Jorge Capitanich.
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He added: “The virus does not differentiate between intelligent and less intelligent, between Peronists and radicals, it is the same for everyone. And when people circulate, the circulation of the virus grows. I am very clear about the discomfort caused by restrictions, but we have a very serious circulation problem”.
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Surrounded by the Minister of Health, Ginés González García, and the Secretary of Equity in Health, Martín Savignoso, the head of state assured that “quarantines administered by technology are very risky, because the virus acts with evil.” “We are asking you for an additional effort in Chaco and in the AMBA because it came through trips that came from abroad and there is no one who is more responsible than others, ” reasoned.
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“We will not be forgiven by people if we make this awful moment that we have to live a political issue. I know the discomfort it generates in the population, but when I talk to the doctors I sometimes think that they are healers of the Middle Ages because they say that the only remedy is to stay at home”Fernández pointed out. “The virus circulates and when it circulates, technology does not help. The virus does not look for us, we are going to look for the virus when we leave our houses“He emphasized.
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Addressing him several times by his nickname “Coqui”, “I have known you for so long, we worked in politics for so many years, but this is another language. This was not in the fine print when they told me I was going to be a candidate ”for president, he confessed. And he explained that “in Chaco the problem is the same as the one the AMBA is experiencing, and we are going to focus on the resolution as we are doing in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires.” “And we are going to move it forward, do not hesitate,” he transmitted to the Governor.
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Capitanich asked him “a National Gendarmerie scheme for the month of July, we need more therapists, more clinical and specialized doctors, kinesiologists and specialized therapists for critical cases”. And he recognized that “the neighboring provinces have fewer cases than we do. We are the worst of the grade, we did our best to contain but the truth that we are standing here, supporting your decision to save lives, we are on the same path. We thought it was very important that you come, but your word is very important for the people of Chaco and for this time to come ”.
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Half an hour later than expected, the President began the videoconference with Governor Capitanich, who especially needed political support amid the criticism he is experiencing in his province for its management of the pandemic, which yesterday reached 1972 of confirmed cases and 96 deaths.
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Chaco announced a health action plan in Resistencia, where the largest number of infections are concentrated, for which he obtained 73 million pesos that the Nation promised to rotate as part of a non-refundable contribution of the Emergency Financial Assistance Program arranged by the national Government, with “resources from sources financing such as FONPLATA and the Andean Development Corporation ”, according to Capitanich told local media.
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The Governor reported that he is working on the reimbursement of the investment made by the province for an amount close to 300 million pesos for supplies, medicines and actions to face the pandemic. In another line, he mentioned that he works with the Ministry of the Interior in financing projects for 15 million dollars that include initiatives for the development of rural suppliers, the strengthening of rural electrification, fiber optic works and connectivity, among others that are under analysis. , according to the detail provided by the newspaper North.
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