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Covid Rebounds in Argentina as Formosa Reinstates Prevention Guidance

Formosa's active testing confirms a local rebound prompting renewed prevention guidance.

Overview

  • Argentina’s latest national epidemiological bulletin reports Covid as the most-circulating respiratory virus with 24% positivity from 37 positives out of 154 guardia PCR samples in weeks 44–45 on limited testing.
  • Formosa conducted 1,422 surveillance tests in the week ending November 16 and confirmed 341 cases for a 24% positivity rate, up from 7.9% a month earlier.
  • The province reports 408 active cases and 164 weekly recoveries with no current hospitalizations, according to the official update.
  • Formosa’s health ministry urges indoor masking, ventilation, frequent hand hygiene, avoiding shared personal items, and keeping distance from people with respiratory symptoms.
  • Provincial epidemiology director Claudia Rodríguez says Covid vaccine doses are held in national customs and asks the federal health ministry to release and distribute them.