The provinces of Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Santa Fe, Río Negro and Santiago del Estero begin to implement the mandatory health pass starting this Tuesday to access different activities considered of “epidemiological risk”, while Catamarca will begin to apply it progressively from Christmas, as a strategy to continue to encourage vaccination and increase prevention in the face of the increase in coronavirus cases throughout the country.
At the national level, the health pass will take effect on January 1 for people over 13 years of age with the complete vaccination scheme in the case of “dance venues, discotheques, party halls, dances or similar that take place in closed spaces, group trips of graduates and graduates, students, pensioners and pensioners or similar and massive organized events of more than 1,000 people that take place in open and closed spaces or outdoors “.
However, some provinces decided to implement the mandatory vaccination certificate in advance and with even greater scope, such as conducting face-to-face procedures in public organizations and private entities.
Tucumán was a pioneer, as of December 1, in institutionalizing the credential to attend mass events, gyms and recitals, like Salta and Jujuy, while in La Rioja the health pass was requested last weekend for attendees to the football game of a team of great Boca Juniors figures and a local team.
Buenos Aires province
This Tuesday, in the province of Buenos Aires the health pass will begin to be applied to access cultural centers, gyms, cinemas and massive sporting events; party halls and bowling alleys, bars and restaurants and public and private organizations for carrying out procedures and for the staff who serve the public.
Highlighting the measure, Governor Axel Kicillof said that anyone who does not want to be vaccinated against the coronavirus “puts others at risk,” and confirmed that this season they plan to “restrict some activities for those who have not given both doses “, while reminding the population that in the province there is “free vaccine in the first and second doses from 3 years old” and from this Tuesday there will be it for all tourists who visit the district.
The health pass may be accredited through the application “My Argentina” or “Cuidar – System of prevention and citizen care against COVID-19 “and they may request it”all those over 13 years of age who have the complete vaccination scheme, applied at least 14 days in advance “, as officially reported.
For those who do not have a phone with access to the application, entry will also be allowed “through the complete vaccination card” that is issued in the vaccination centers in the form of a card or card, explained official spokesmen.
According to Kicillof, in the province of Buenos Aires there are 14.5 million vaccinated with the first dose and 12.5 million with the second dose, that is, “there is very little left for almost universal coverage” and he urged to complete the scheme, of in the face of expectations for a summer season that “is foreshadowed as one of the greatest seasons we can remember.”
Santa Fe
For its part, In Santa Fe, the health pass will also be mandatory as of this Tuesday for group trips, tickets to parties, discos, mass events of more than a thousand people, cultural centers, theaters, cinemas and gyms, casinos and bingo halls, and realization of face-to-face procedures before provincial public organisms, among other activities, as well as to carry out procedures in public offices.
Through decree number 2915/21, signed by Governor Omar Perotti, the provincial Executive adhered to Administrative Decision number 1198/21 of the Headquarters of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Nation, which established the sanitary pass for activities considered of epidemiological risk, and will be applicable to those over 13 years of age.
Cordova
While, the government of Córdoba had planned to implement the health pass from January 1. However, and given the increase in cases during the last days and an outbreak of the Ómicron variant, it advanced its accreditation to be able to access “recreational, social and cultural events for more than 1,000 people, both indoors and outdoors, to attend sports competitions, group trips for graduates, students, retirees or similar”.
Black river
For its part, The Río Negro Ministry of Health established that as of this Tuesday the presentation of the credential will be mandatory to access closed events of more than 1,000 people, in group trips and in dance venues, but will not apply for outdoor parties.
Santiago del Estero
The province of Santiago del Estero will implement the credential for access to massive public and private activities and events in open and closed spaces, a measure that “urges to vaccinate more against Covid-19, complete the schemes and protect the people”said the Undersecretary of Health, César Monti.
From Catamarca, the Minister of Security, Gustavo Aguirre, announced on Tuesday that the health pass “will be a progressive measure and for some activities it will begin to take effect from Christmas and New Years, and for others it will begin from January 1 “.
“In the clubs they have been applying the health pass, so they already have the practice implemented and the people are used to it. With tourism and other activities we are going to wait a little longer to be able to give the State time to issue the legal documents and that also communicate massively “, Aguirre advanced
In turn, the Minister of Security remarked that during the meetings with the Emergency Operational Committee “we have all agreed that it is necessary to take preventive measures now so as not to have to reach more drastic measures tomorrow, attentive to the epidemiological situation that the world is living “
“There is confidence that we can work together, the private sector with the public sector, in order to guarantee, on the one hand, the public health of Catamarca and second that the private sector can continue to carry out its normal activity and not suffer prejudice economic “, concluded.
