Buenos Aires, April 5 (RHC)-- Argentinean President Alberto Fernandez said he was “angry, worried and annoyed with the banks” after thousands of pensioners and people receiving public financial aid queued long lines at banks amid confinement measures decreed to stop the COVID-19.

He made a call to comply with the restrictions because "people must be very careful... Nobody expected that all retirees, who had not received their money or had partially received it, were going to appear.”  The Argentinean government ordered banks to work over the weekend and serve people who do not have debit cards so that they can collect their pensions and social benefits.​​​​​​

"Respect quarantine and preserve distance in public spaces.  It is an obligation... Our older adults are the ones who face the greatest risk... Let's take care of each other," he said.

"In the midst of a pandemic, collecting retirement or social benefits cannot become a health risk. That is inadmissible,” Fernandez stressed.