COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). As of 9 June 2024, a total of 10,132,270 people were confirmed to have been infected, and 130,861 people were known to have died because of the virus.[3]
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Argentina |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Buenos Aires |
Arrival date | 3 March 2020 (4 years, 3 months and 6 days) |
Confirmed cases | 10,132,270[1] |
Recovered | 9,914,485[2] |
Deaths | 130,861[1] |
Fatality rate | 1.3% |
Vaccinations | |
Government website | |
Boletines epidemiológicos |
On 3 March 2020, the virus was confirmed to have spread to Argentina.[4][5][6][7] On 7 March 2020, the Ministry of Health confirmed the country's first documented death, a 64-year-old man who had travelled to Paris, France, who also had other health conditions; the case was only confirmed as positive after the patient's demise.[8]
On 19 March 2020, a nationwide lockdown was established in Argentina.[9][10] The lockdown was lifted throughout all the country, excepting the Greater Buenos Aires urban area (where 31.9% of the country's population live),[11] on 10 May, with Greater Buenos Aires locked down until 17 July, where the lockdown was due to be gradually loosened in several stages to lead to the return to normality;[12] restrictions were extended several times until 8 November 2020.[13] During the second wave, another nationwide lockdown took place from 22 to 31 May 2021.[14]
Responses to the outbreak have included restrictions on commerce and movement, closure of borders, and the closure of schools and educational institutions.[15] Clusters of infections and deaths have occurred in nursing homes, prisons and other detention centers, and urban areas.[16][17] The number of tests increased over time, although there were some concerns as there was less testing than in other countries of the region such as Chile and Peru.[18] Even so, the government's responses to the pandemic were among the best received by the population in the region during the early stages of the pandemic.[19]