COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina

COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina
Contact tracing plan Detectar taking place in Buenos Aires to find patients with COVID-19
Cleaning the Buenos Aires Underground
A bicyclist and a police officer wearing masks in Santa Fe
A vial of the first component of the Sputnik V vaccine in the hands of an Argentine paramedic
(from the top, left to right)
  • Contact tracing plan Detectar taking place in Buenos Aires to find patients with COVID-19
  • Cleaning the Buenos Aires Underground
  • A bicyclist and a police officer wearing masks in Santa Fe
  • A vial of the first component of the Sputnik V vaccine in the hands of an Argentine paramedic
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationArgentina
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Index caseBuenos Aires
Arrival date3 March 2020
(4 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 1 day)
Confirmed cases10,107,425[1]
Recovered9,914,485[2]
Deaths
130,700[1]
Fatality rate1.3%
Vaccinations
  • 41,529,056[1] (total vaccinated)
  • 34,900,612[1] (fully vaccinated)
  • 116,978,520[1] (doses administered)
Government website
Boletines epidemiológicos

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 17 November 2024, a total of 10,107,425 people were confirmed to have been infected, and 130,700 people were known to have died because of the virus.[3]

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]

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  13. ^ "AMBA moves from 'isolation' to 'distancing'; Fernández talks up vaccine hopes". Buenos Aires Times (Perfil). 6 November 2020.
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  16. ^ "Confirmaron al menos cinco muertes por coronavirus y otros 19 casos positivos en un geriátrico de San Martín". Infobae (in Spanish). 12 May 2020.
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