Argentina partially reopens as it approaches 5 million COVID-19 cases

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walks past a grocery store in Buenos Aires, Argentina May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina will relax coronavirus restrictions as infection and mortality rates falls, the government announced on Friday, even as the South American nation approached 5 million cases with more than 107,000 deaths.

The government said its plan includes an increase in the number of people who can meet in person, re-opening of schools and an increase in the number of people allowed to enter the country to 1,700 per day from the current 1,000. Argentina has a total population of about 45 million.