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Coronavirus in Argentina: another 406 deaths and 13,477 new positive cases reported

2020-09-29T23:29:39.972Z


This was reported by the Ministry of Health of the Nation. Meanwhile, the Government launched the Federal DetectAr plan to find contagions in the provinces.


09/29/2020 - 20:14

  • Clarín.com

  • Society

At a time when the controversy and the crossings for the deceased not counted in the province of Buenos Aires continues, Argentina was one step away from exceeding the barrier of 20,000 deaths from coronavirus, when

another 406 deaths were

reported this Tuesday

.

In addition, in its daily report, the Ministry of Health of the Nation notified

13,477 new positive cases

throughout the country.

Meanwhile, President Alberto Fernández launched the

Federal Detect

Plan

from Santa Fe, a province that, a few weeks ago, became the second with the highest number of daily cases of coronavirus in the country and had 97 percent of its critical beds occupied. .

According to official records, Santa Fe went from 1,137 to 38,369 total cases in a month, with an acceleration in the time of contagion, ranking as the third district in the country with the most accumulated cases.

According to official information, the

Federal DetectAr

proposes a national strategy to follow up close contacts with an active search for suspected cases of coronavirus to facilitate timely diagnosis, guarantee isolation and care, and reduce transmission.

With the implementation of rapid tests that allow having the results in minutes, the territorial approach will be carried out effectively and asymptomatic patients will be able to know if they are confirmed positives.

The objective is to guarantee the timely and adequate isolation of suspected and confirmed cases and develop the detection and follow-up of close contacts for 14 days together with the socio-sanitary monitoring of the affected families.

The test is intended for people with symptoms compatible with Covid-19 until day 7 from its beginning and allows the result to be obtained in 15 minutes.

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Source: clarin

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