Argentine port workers end strike after deal reached on vaccines -statement
Argentine port workers unions said in a statement on Wednesday they were ending a strike that they had started in the early morning over access to COVID-19 vaccinations.
The workers had demanded they be classified as “essential,” and given immunization priority.
“After several meetings with the health, transportation and labor ministries, we are being included as essential workers in the nation’s vaccination plan. For this reason, the unions involved are lifting the strike,” said a statement issued by the Maritime Machinists union, one of 11 groups that were on strike.
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BUENOS AIRES, April 30 (Reuters) - Argentina on Friday announced a three-week extension of anti-coronavirus measures that include cancellation of in-person public school classes and an 8 p.m. curfew for social activities in response to a deadly second wave of infections.
The country has confirmed 2,954,943 cases of the virus with a total 63,508 deaths, as infection rates spike.
“The epidemiological situation in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires is critical and we have other areas with high health concerns,” said center-left President Alberto Fernandez in a recorded message for the media.
“We must make a new effort to lower circulation, reduce infections and thus decompress our health system as much as possible,” he added.
Argentine farmers have sold 17.3 million tonnes of soybeans from the 2020/21 season, after transactions were registered for 886,100 tonnes in the week ending on May 15, the Agriculture Ministry said in a report on Wednesday. Ministry data showed the pace of soy sales lagged that of the previous season. Growers said that they had .
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