Via the Buenos Aires Herald: 17 provinces suspend classes, winter holidays extended in Buenos Aires province and City. Excerpt:
As part of the measures to combat the outbreak of H1N1 influenza, eight provinces in Argentina have suspended classes: Santiago del Estero, Entre Ríos, Corrientes, Santa Fe, Santa Cruz, Neuquén, Misiones, Córdoba, Catamarca, San Luis, Río Negro, Chaco, Mendoza, La Pampa and Tierra del Fuego.
Government authorities from the province and City of Buenos Aires have decided to extend winter holidays, and bring them forward to next Monday. The health emergency has been declared in both districts.
Buenos Aires City's Health Minister Jorge Lemus assured that "the City's health system has suficient medications" and that "hospitals are over-crowded, but not colapsed." For the moment, cinemas, theatres, and restaurants will remain open.Another Argentine website, momento 24, says the City of Buenos Aires has "declared sanitary emergency."
