03/03/2020 - 17:02
- Clarín.com
- Society
From the suspicion about a possible case of coronavirus, on Sunday the protocol was effectively activated between the Ministries of Health of the Nation and City with daily follow-up and finally the Malbrán Institute confirmed this Tuesday morning that it is positive. Step by step, what is known so far about what he did in the last hours:
- The 43-year-old man arrived on Sunday, March 1, from Milan, on a direct flight through Alitalia, who was also in Barcelona, and had no symptoms.
- He entered the airport at 8.20 in the morning and according to Airport Health he had a fever, but at that time he had no symptoms.
- Just Sunday night had a fever and had respiratory symptoms such as cough, and sore throat. He went to the Swiss clinic in Argentina and was isolated preventively.
- He had no contact with other people in the waiting room. Samples were taken and the studies were sent to Malbrán where on Tuesday they confirmed the positive.
- The patient's identity was not reported as well as if he had been in contact with family members in the last hours.
- The patient is isolated and controlled in the clinic. It is in good clinical condition without any severity.
- According to the protocol the data of the passengers located in front and behind the passenger's seat on the flight were required to follow up as well.
- He traveled in first class, which limits possible contagions. With them (close contacts), home isolation and preventive symptom control are defined.
Protocol in the City
In the City, a cabinet of experts led by the Minister of Health of the GCBA, Fernán Quirós, was activated weeks ago. And all public hospitals and CESACs were made available to neighbors.
In addition, if the neighbors have doubts they can communicate to the line 147 or make their inquiry by WhatsApp to the Chat of the City. It was the head of Government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, who anticipated this information and disseminated the prevention measures.
An informative protocol was generated in educational establishments, health centers, healthy stations, hospitals and public departments of Buenos Aires, and a health care protocol in conjunction with the National Government and the Government of the Province of Buenos Aires.
It is recommended to those who have traveled to areas of sustained circulation of the virus and have respiratory symptoms and fever that they preventively contact the health system according to their location.
The first case of coronavirus was detected on December 8, 2019. Currently, the virus is spreading in different countries and causes diseases in people ranging from the simplest such as a cold or the flu to more serious as a syndrome. It has a low and concentrated mortality rate in an age group (+60) that constitutes a population at risk.
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