Omar Sued is a medical doctor, specialized in infectious diseases and is head of the Argentine Society of Infectology. He's also the youngest advisor in the Committee of Experts counselling president Alberto Fernandez on the pandemic.
He told RAE-Argentina to the World that sanitary measures are very important despite some criticism and anti-quarantine protests that have been taking place in the country. In this context, he stressed the importance of keeping controls and social distancing measures in place. Looking at what happened in Europe or the U.S back in April, we must be careful in Argentinal to avoid the collapse of the health system, while protecting the population beyond any political differences".
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