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Fernán Quirós, Health Minister of the City of Buenos Aires. | Joaquin Temes
This year there has been more testing than last. What are the most important data to bear in mind – the number of daily cases of contagion, the people in intensive care or the deaths?
All three are important. There are three main epidemiological links, all highly interlinked.
The first is the number of people infected, which is related to the PCR diagnosis, in turn depending on much testing and who is really ill. The City of Buenos Aires has done a lot of work in seroprevalence which has shown that for every positive PCR there are 2.5 people so that we can take that as the ratio for calculating the daily number of the truly ill. It’s a pretty tight ratio even at international level.
City v Nation. | Art by Joaquín Temes
The fight against the pandemic that last year saw heavyweight political rivals working together has now degenerated into a bitter legal battle between them over whether schools should stay shut for 15 days in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area (AMBA).
Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, a centre-right opposition leader, has taken the national government all the way to the Supreme Court after President Alberto Fernández announced his decision. A ruling was pending at press time, but like all legal battles involving rival politicians, this is not a straightforward fight. A group of “organised parents” took the case to a Buenos Aires City court first that ruled in their favour, effectively allowing schools to open normally in the capital. But that City court ruling was contested by a federal judge who said Rodríguez Larreta must abide by the national government’s decision and wait for the Supreme Court ruling.
Argentina to borrow $30 mln from Fonplata
Argentina to borrow $30 mln from Fonplata State-owned water company AySA will use the funds for waterworks in Buenos Aires
LoansProject & Infrastructure FinanceArgentinaLatin America Argentina s federal government said Friday that it has approved plans to borrow $30 million from Fonplata, the regional development bank for the Río de la Plata basin, to finance waterworks in Greater Buenos Aires.
The eight-year loan will pay six-month LIBOR plus 228 basis points in the first four years, increasing to 254 basis points in the last four years, the government said in its official gazette. The reference rate is currently 0.25%.
The government said the proceeds will be used for wate