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Restrictions on internal mobility

The following activities are suspended throughout the national territory until October 1, 2021 according to Decree Nº 494/21:

https://www.boletinoficial.gob.ar/detalleAviso/primera/247815/20210807

a.Group trips of graduates, of retirees and group of students, or similar.

b.Social gatherings in private homes of more than ten people. If the address has an outdoor space and the meeting is held there, the attendance may reach up to twenty people.

c.Activities and social gatherings in public outdoor spaces for more than one hundred people.

d.Activities in discos, party halls, dances, or similar activities.

e.Massive events of more than a thousand people.

The governors and the governors of provinces and the head of government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, in attention to epidemiological and sanitary conditions, may establish temporary and targeted restrictions additional to those provided for in this article, in the places under their jurisdiction, with respect to the performance of certain activities, by hours or by zones, in order to contain contagions by COVID-19, with the prior agreement of the provincial health authority or the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, as appropriate.

In the areas classified as epidemiological and sanitary alarm, the following activities are suspended for a period of 9 days:

  1. Restrictions on driving between eight o’clock and six o’clock the next day.
  2. Any massive event is prohibited.
  3. For economic, industrial, commercial, and service activities carried out in closed places, the capacity will be up to a maximum of fifty percent of the maximum capacity enabled, except in cases where a lower capacity is expressly provided for by current regulations, or by protocol approved by the competent authority.
  4. For religious, cultural, sports, recreational and social activities that are carried out in closed places, the capacity will be up to thirty percent of the maximum capacity enabled, except in cases where a lower capacity is expressly provided by current regulations, or by protocol approved by the competent authority.
  5. Social gatherings may not be held in the private homes of more than ten people,
  6. Activities and social gatherings in public outdoor spaces of more than twenty people may not be carried out.
  7. Public passenger transport may only be used by the people affected by the activities, services and situations included in article 11 of Decree 125/21 or in those cases in which its use had been expressly authorized on the date of issuance of this decree, as well as by the people who must attend for their health care, or have a vaccination turn, with their companions, if applicable. In these cases, people must carry the unique authorization certificate for circulation – covid-19 emergency, which authorizes them for this purpose.

 

At the end of the nine-day period of validity of the restrictions provided, and if after twenty-eight days have elapsed, the agglomerate, department or party continues in a situation of epidemiological and sanitary alarm, the planned restriction measures will be applied for another nine days.

Through this link you can know the areas classified as epidemiological alarm, high, medium and low risk, and by clicking on this link you can find out the measures available for each of them.

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