Covid tests at the airport
My flight was scheduled to leave at 2:20 pm and I got to the MDE airport at 10:40 am. I still needed a covid test to board my departing flight. There's a set of tents outside the airport on the lowest floor, the one with the new arrivals, on the far end--they'll be on your left-hand side as you're driving away. If you don't know the procedure, as I didn't, you enter the middle tent and wait in line until you fill out 2 forms with a nurse. The form they hand you is in English but the form the nurse fills out isn't, and none of them there spoke any, so I hope your Spanish is at least adequate. If you're an American you only need an antigen test to re-enter and the cost is 80,000 pesos.
When I arrived there were 8 people ahead of me and the lined moved SLOWWWW. Like 10 minutes per person slow. Finally another nurse started to take down information as well and the line sped up. I filled out the forms, gave them my email, showed them my passport, paid the fee, and once that was done you get sent to the tent to your right as you exit. Got a swab shoved up my nose, which sucked, and then I had to wait around for the results. They say they'll email you the results but I never got them. After around 40 minutes a nurse called my name and gave me a piece of paper with the results (negative). This was around a quarter past noon. Total time: about 1 hour and 25 minutes since arriving. So if you're like me and want to wait until the last minute you might want to arrive 3. 5 to 4 hours before your flight to account for possible crowds and slow lines.
ICU Capacity Is An Illusion
[QUOTE=Orgasmico;2554737]Quarantine this weekend. People have said the ICU is full so it is likely that the weekend quarantines and curfews during the week will be around for awhile.[/QUOTE]All of the stats regarding the ICU capacity is an illusion of sorts. A few weeks back they stated that they would be engaging in "ethical triage" to determine who gets an ICU bed, so of course if there are so many beds available the ICU's will be full at the current rates of infection when it reality they might be between 120 % and a higher percentage full if "ethical triage " weren't being utilzed.
I unfortunately agree with you that the weekend lockdowns might go on for a while and I'm sure they are hoping that a total shutdown can be avoided, I hope things improve for everyone's sake.