06/02/2020 - 11:35
- Clarín.com
- Society
After the confirmation of eleven new cases of coronaviruses registered this weekend in Mendoza, ten of which correspond to the same family that broke the mandatory quarantine on a birthday, Governor Rodolfo Suárez reported that he will not have any new measures for flexibility, although neither will backtrack with those already established.
Last Friday, three members of a family (mother, father and son) of Mendoza Department of Las Heras tested positive for Covid-19 and were admitted to the hospital Paroissien, which seven joined member s of the same family They shared the birthday celebration among twenty guests.
Meanwhile, the epidemiological investigation continues on the link of contagion of the family group since, although the father of the family and trucker who had been in the Buenos Aires city of Quilmes was suspected, "two tests carried out were negative," sources reported. of the Ministry of Health of the province.
"The link is being investigated around the family nucleus and the carrier has not yet been ruled out, since it is expected to develop antibodies that are measurable and determine viral load," the provincial government reported.
In addition, in the last hours it was learned that the deputy governor, Mario Abed, the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Andrés Lombardi and an employee of the deputy governorship underwent the Covid-19 test for a possible link with the Las Heras cases.
Sources close to the house of the laws of Mendoza confirmed to the newspaper Los Andes of that province that on Monday, Abed, Lombardi and one of their workers submitted to the swab for having been in contact with a woman who is related in a way Close with the "family conglomerate" that became the main source of contagion in the province.
Ulpiano Suárez, mayor of the city of Mendoza, said: "We came with positive data but now we have new cases due to the irresponsibility of a group of people."
In communication with El Destape Radio , the leader explained that as of this celebration, "cases of contagion arose and the Governor announced that no more activities will be opened."
In this sense, he considered that, in case of including more activities, they want to think "about safe openings, having the data on the table."
"In Mendoza we are already enjoying some activities that have been resumed, we are working on the situation with the national and provincial government," explained the mayor of Gran Mendoza, which has 1.2 million inhabitants.
The leader also referred to the commercial reopening, which in the city of Mendoza has already reached 80% and assured that they are already working on a plan forward, when tourism can be reopened in the province.
So far, Mendoza has 94 confirmed cases of coronavirus, 42 are imported, 46 by close contact with someone who came from another country or tested positive for Covid-19, and 6 in epidemiological investigation. The province has 67 people recovered and 9 deaths from coronavirus.
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