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The government has extended Argentina's nationwide lockdown until April 26th amid signs shelter-in-place measures imposed to curb the coronavirus outbreak have succeeded in flattening the rate of infections.
The country will maintain a quarantine in large urban centres, President Alberto Fernández said Friday evening. Officials will also work with provinces to identify rural or small towns where activities will be allowed to continue as part of an "administered quarantine." Borders will remain closed.
"The situation will remain the same in all major cities," including Buenos Aires City.  "We have managed to flatten the curve of new infections." 
The president clarified that they would address "proposals from the [provincial] governors for an administered quarantine in [some] places" outside large urban centres.
The country’s lockdown, originally meant for March 20th to 31st, had been extended until April 12th. Fernández said the rate at which cases double is now every 10 days, down significantly from its peak of every three days, thanks to the strict lockdown, which will now run until April 26th inclusive.
Still, authorities have faced pressure from business groups and unions to gradually reopen to limit the toll on the economy.
The government will allow some businesses to reopen, such as auto-repair shops, and will consider exceptions for people with disabilities. Banks will reopen to the public on April 13th with several restrictions, including the need to schedule an appointment. Officials may also loosen the lockdown to allow citizens to exercise outdoors. He also said that consideration will be given to allowing outings for disabled people and the autistic, but always accompanied.
"The only remedy is to stay home," he said, explaining that the government's decision was based on advice from its crisis committee, made up of infectious diseases and epidemiologists.

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