Argentina extends border closure due to COVID-19

BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Argentina has decided to keep its borders closed to non-resident foreigners until Feb. 28, in a bid to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Government Gazette announced on Monday.

The measure carried the signatures of Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers Santiago Cafiero and the ministers of the interior and of health, Eduardo de Pedro and Gines Gonzalez Garcia.