Question

Argentina suffers the effects from being 'the longest in
quarantine' amid COVID-19
August 25, 2020
The "social, preventive, and compulsory isolation" decreed five months ago by the government of
Alberto Fernández has become the longest uninterrupted quarantine in the world. It mainly affects the
demographic, financial, and industrial heart of the country: the metropolitan region of Buenos Aires
(or AMBA), where 40% of the Argentine population lives, and where the coronavirus pandemic is
concentrated. In Argentina, the quarantine began on March 20 and still continues, although with some
exceptions: you can go out to exercise and shop, for example, everything related to social gatherings is
prohibited and, in addition, to go out by car you need a permit. People exempted from confinement
include health personnel, workers in the food chain, public servants, journalists, and there are permits
to operate establishments such as laundries. While in other parts of the world, even where there were
tens of thousands of deaths from Covid-19, people can already meet friends, go to a bar for a drink or
spend the day on a beach, in the most populated region In Argentina, all these activities have been
banned since the quarantine was decreed on March 20. The authorities affirm that these measures have
managed to avoid thousands of deaths due to COVID-19. They highlight that 90% of infections occur
in the AMBA area. The South American country has more than 342,000 cases of infection, with an
average of about 737 infected per 100,000 inhabitants. Argentina has a fatality rate much lower than
many countries in the region such as Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia, Bolivia, and Ecuador. A
large proportion of Argentines have stopped obeying the government's orders and the streets in large
cities have once again filled with people. Either due to the need to go out to work or to free themselves
from the long confinement, today few inhabitants continue to comply with the strict isolation ordered
by the presidential decree. This led the president to affirm on August 14 that "the quarantine no longer
exists" he said before announcing the tenth extension of "social, preventive and compulsory isolation",
which will last until August 30. According to the Argentine Chamber of Commerce and Services,
more than 42,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have closed since March, double the
number that disappeared during the 2001/2002 crisis. The Ineco Foundation, of the prestigious
Argentine neuroscientist Facundo Manes, determined that the levels of depression in the Argentine
population have increased fivefold with respect to the "pre-pandemic" values. A report published by
the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) revealed that more than half of
the population does not carry out activities that are considered healthy since the quarantine began. Six
out of 10 gained weight, according to the Argentine Nutrition Society (SAN). This is a population
where more than 60% were already overweight.

actividad:
Find and copy instances of: (encuentren y copien ejemplos de:)
One past time reference
Two sentences in the past
One comparison of adjectives in the comparative form
One comparison of adjectives in the superlative form
One comparison sentence
One countable noun in singular
One countable noun in plural
One uncountable noun
One sentence in the future. Identify if it is Future simple or Going to Future

Write a piece of advice (should/shouldn’t) for this sentence (escribe un consejo para esta oración en la que
sea similar a la que está en itálicas)
…to go out by car you need a permit.
Write an order for this sentence (escribe una orden para esta oración en la que sea similar a la que está en
itálicas)
…everything related to social gatherings is prohibited…

Answer 1

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