The National Transport Minister, Mario Meoni, confirmed this Sunday that the Government will grant special circulation permits for those workers who are not considered essential activities, within the framework of the strict quarantine dictated by President Alberto Fernández due to the pandemic of the coronavirus. They will be for 24 hours and you can get two per week.
“We will apply Decree 297 that establishes 24 essential activities that can use public transportation plus two new categories, which will function as special permits and They will be valid for 24 hours and can be processed at most twice a week“said the head of the portfolio, in dialogue with Radio Continental.
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In his explanation, Meoni said that these permits will be “for separated fathers and mothers, for those who have to carry out emergency procedures, assistance to family members or people who are undergoing some treatment, prolonging the nature of the disease, who do or do not have to attend. to healthcare centers “.
In the event that mobility must be due to force majeure, the minister warned that the person must support authorization with the corresponding documentation or argumentation. For this reason, it also warned that the Government will not block the use of SUBE on public transport.
“Although we had initially said to block the SUBE for non-essential workers, we are not going to do it. But if we notice that these cards are used on a frequent basis, we are going to suspend them for a period of time,” he warned.
On Friday, the president announced a return to the isolation phases in the AMBA area, after an increasing number of infections in recent days. Among the measures he announced, is the restriction of circulation permits, now exclusively for workers of the 24 essential activities that the Executive ordered.
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The measures that will be implemented from July 1 to 17 are very similar to those that had been taken for the first weeks of isolation, although now the operation of banks and some industries will continue. also permits for recreational walks during the weekend in the City.
Essential workers in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) will have to re-process their circulation certificates between Monday 29 and the night of Tuesday 30, since on Wednesday the controls of the quarantine against the coronavirus will be tightened, announced the Government.
“From Wednesday, July 1, all CUHCs previously granted will be withdrawn,” they reiterated. Then, only those who have re-processed the permit and who carry out “essential activities established in article 6 of DNU 297”, “activities authorized by the Ministry of Productive Development” or who have “special permits” may circulate.
