Argentina is issuing updates here on government measures taken against the coronavirus.
March 10: The government created a ARS1.7 billion ($26 million) fund to buy equipment and medical supplies to combat coronavirus.
March 17: The government announced it was increasing funding to its meal programs to secure food and income for the most vulnerable during the pandemic.
March 17: The government announced that it would be excepting companies from payroll taxes and reinforcing unemployment insurance.
March 20: The government set price control on a basket of basic food items to avoid speculative pricing during the pandemic.
March 23: The government created an emergency family income program. Unemployed individuals would receive ARS10,000 ($151) during the month of April.
Macron, who turns 43 next week, will continue to work remotely, the statement added.
His 67-year-old wife, Brigitte, will also self-isolate but she has not reported any Covid symptoms, her office said.
French Prime Minister Jean Castex, 55, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, 48, Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, 59, and European Council President Charles Michel, 44, said they will go into quarantine because they had been in contact with Macron in recent days.
Sanchez, who had lunch with Macron on Monday, said he would suspend all public activities through to Christmas Eve.
Macron has also met with the OECD s Angel Gurria this week. The French president hosted a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
French President
Macron was tested for Covid-19 after symptoms first appeared. He would go into isolation for seven days, the Elysee Palace said, without providing further details on the nature of the president s symptoms.
The office of
Macron s wife Brigitte
Macron told dpa that she was considered a close contact but hasn t shown any symptoms so far.
Prime Minister Jean Castex would also go into quarantine as he had been in contact with
Macron, French media reported.
So far, Castex hadn t shown any symptoms and was tested on Thursday morning.
European Council President Charles Michel is also in quarantine as he had travelled to Paris for an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) event and met
The U.S. blew past records for daily new Covid-19 cases and virus deaths on Wednesday, as the national crisis continues to worsen. More than 247,000 new infections and more than 3,600 Covid deaths were reported on Wednesday, according to Johns Hopkins University data, the highest single-day tallies yet. A record 113,000 people are currently hospitalized with the virus, according to The Atlantic s COVID Tracking Project. The new and disheartening highs come at the same time the U.S. is beginning a vaccine rollout.
The U.S. is recording at least 215,729 new Covid-19 cases and at least 2,570 virus-related deaths each day, based on a seven-day average calculated by CNBC using Johns Hopkins University data.
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