Health

Argentina enters extension of lockdown due to increase in cases

Buenos Aires, May 26 (EFE).-With the reopening of shops halted and the closure of several train stations in Buenos Aires due to a new increase in coronavirus cases, Argentina entered an extension of its lockdown focusing on the spread of infection in the poorest neighborhoods of the city and its populous urban belt.At the end of the extension stage on June 7, the country will have completed 80 days of social isolation.Since March 3 when the first case was detected, Argentina has recorded 12,628 people infected with COVID-19, of which 471 have died and 4,167 have recovered, according to official data. However, it has only been in the last week that the curve of contagion began to accelerate.(Camera: ALBERTO CARATOZZOLO)FOOTAGE SHOWS FEDERAL CAPITAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT TERMINAL ON THE FIRST BUSINESS DAY AFTER A NEW EXTENSION OF THE QUARANTINE, WHERE THEY RETURNED TO STRICT CONTROLS; FOLLOWED BY B-ROLL OF "VILLA AZUL" (QUILMES, BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE), WHERE THERE WAS A SPIKE IN COVID-19 INFECTIONS .