Argentina: 9 people died due to the cold wave sweeping the country and the missing of gas will worsen | Momento 24

In addition to the deaths due to low temperatures, 33 people, including 11 children, died from carbon monoxide poisoning, a product of poor combustion in the heating system.
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Due to cold, throughout the country, the former Energy Secretary Jorge Lapeña today confirmed that “there is a serious problem in the energy sector” “the solution will require time and money.”

And added that “Argentina is no longer an self-sufficient gas country because has difficulties in supplying its own demand.”

The cold wave coming from Argentina reached Bolivia | Momento 24

The newspaper La Prensa reported that “acute respiratory illnesses (flu and common cold or influenza) rose in recent days by 64% to 50 000 cases across the country, due to the lack of official information.”