05/10/2021 3:54 PM
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 05/10/2021 3:59 PM
For the first time, the
Indian and South African variants of
the coronavirus
were detected
in Argentina.
They were found in samples taken from travelers who returned from Europe and had tested positive in Ezeiza.
According to official sources, since these controls began, half of the samples taken correspond to the new lineages called "priority", among which are those of Manaus, United Kingdom and Andina, among others.
"But this is the first time that we have found the variants B.1.617.2 and B.1.617.1 (originally isolated in India) and B.1.351 (originally isolated in South Africa)," said Analía Rearte, National Director of Epidemiology and Information Strategic of the Ministry of Health of the Nation.
The official explained that “within the protocol of procedures for entering Ezeiza from abroad, all people are tested for antigens;
those that are positive are sent to a hotel in the City of Buenos Aires to carry out the isolation, and also the samples are sent to be sequenced to the Malbrán laboratory ”.
From this sequencing it appears that, in the first two cases -in two minors from Paris and residents of the City of Buenos Aires-, variant B.1.617.2 and B.1.617.1 were found (originally isolated in India) ;
while in the third - in a 58-year-old person from Spain and a resident of the Río Negro province - variant B.1.351 was isolated (originally isolated in South Africa).
The three travelers entered the country on April 24, and were referred to carry out the isolation corresponding to a hotel in the City of Buenos Aires.
On April 26, jurisdictions were notified to carry out follow-up actions on close contacts.
As reported by the jurisdictions to the national health authority, the children were in isolation together with their parents, although these were negative, and the adult underwent isolation for 10 days with mild symptoms.
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