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Eugene

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Wed May 27, 2020, 08:23 PM May 2020

Argentina cordons off virus-hit slum as critics decry 'ghettoes for poor people'

Source: The Guardian

Argentina cordons off virus-hit slum as critics decry 'ghettoes for poor people'

Drastic measures are being taken to contain the coronavirus in the Villa Azul area of Buenos Aires which has emerged as a hotspot

Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires
Wed 27 May 2020 19.24 BST
Last modified on Wed 27 May 2020 20.00 BST

Security forces in Argentina have cordoned off one of the country’s poorest slums, preventing inhabitants from entering or leaving the neighbourhood after a surge of coronavirus cases.

Police officers erected barriers at the entrance to Villa Azul on the outskirts of Buenos Aires on Monday after widespread testing was launched in poorer districts.

By Wednesday, 174 of 301 tests carried out in Villa Azul had come back positive, and officials expressed concern that if the 4,000 or so inhabitants of the neighbourhood were allowed to move freely, they could spread the virus to other areas nearby.

“This is worse than a nuclear explosion,” said Sergio Berni, the security minister for
Buenos Aires, on Wednesday. “At least you can measure radioactivity in real time. With this [virus], it’s 14 days late.”

But the move was criticized by local activists and even members of Argentina’s leftwing government. “It looks like we are creating ghettoes for poor people,” said a junior minister for social development, Daniel Menéndez.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/27/argentina-cordons-off-coronavirus-slum-ghettoes-for-poor-people
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Argentina cordons off virus-hit slum as critics decry 'ghettoes for poor people' (Original Post) Eugene May 2020 OP
Once people really grasp the power of this disease they discover why these measures are needed. Judi Lynn May 2020 #1

Judi Lynn

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1. Once people really grasp the power of this disease they discover why these measures are needed.
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:46 PM
May 2020

Sad this disaster has arrived to terrorize Argentina, too, but they have a President now who will do everything in his power to prevent a history like Brazil's from unfolding.

All that's needed is for them to wake up, pay attention, start thinking as if their lives depend upon it, which they do.

As we have learned here, consciousness doesn't come for everyone, does it?

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