The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes “will be closed to the public until further notice”, as reported by the institution on its website, after new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed among its employees.

From the 4 de enero pasado el museo había decidido cerrar “por una semana” debido a que dos guardias de seguridad del museo -que no tenían contacto con el público- tested positive for Covid-19, pero al sumarse nuevos casos extendieron el cierre “until new notice”, as confirmed by the executive management in an internal email addressed to its employees.

“Ya cuando reabrimos la planta baja del museo, the 31 last october, we did it knowing that it was a dynamic opening and that we had to take all the necessary care. We reopened with the awareness that it could be something temporary, that it could be expanded, o que podía volverse atrás”, had told Télam, days ago, the executive director of the Fine Arts, Andrés Duprat.

“Y ante cualquier adversidad debemos ir hacia atrás. Es la manera en la que hay que manejarse ante una pandemia de consecuencias poco previsibles”, then added Duprat, when the first cases of positive Covid were known within the institution.

While intensive cleaning and special disinfection tasks continue, according to the current protocol, the most important museum in the country has no return date, that had reopened the past 31 October, after seven months closed to the public, as a preventive measure against the pandemic. (TELAM)