08/23/2021 4:52 PM
Clarín.com
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Updated 08/23/2021 4:57 PM
After knowing the second death from the Delta variant of the coronavirus in Argentina, Mendoza now
confirmed the first provincial contagion
of this strain.
It is the seventh province in which this mutation is detected.
According to the latest report of the Country Project, infections of people who returned from a trip and reside in the City of Buenos Aires, province of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Salta and Tucumán have already been confirmed.
According to the local newspaper
Los Andes,
it is a 57-year-old woman who entered the country on August 3 through the Ezeiza airport, from Spain.
He is in good health and
fulfills the corresponding isolation
with his family.
The media detailed that once they arrived in the province, the family carried out the corresponding quarantine at their home.
"On August 10, in compliance with the protocols for international travelers, the asymptomatic woman underwent the corresponding PCR at the Lencinas Hospital," they reported.
By protocol, samples of people arriving from abroad
are sent to the Malbrán Institute
.
The results arrived via email to the Mendoza health authorities: from the laboratory they confirmed that it is the variant originally detected in India and feared for its high contagiousness.
Mendoza airport, Francisco Gabrielli Air Station.
Photo Delfo Rodríguez / Archive.
Second death from the variant in Argentina
This Monday the second death from the Delta variant of the coronavirus was confirmed in Argentina.
This is a
38-year-old woman
, who had been close contact with the "zero patient" from Córdoba, who died yesterday.
The information was confirmed by
Miguel Díaz
, the director of the Rawson hospital, where she was admitted, although her identity has not been disclosed to preserve her family.
“He is a person who was admitted for severe bilateral Delta variant pneumonia.
He was on mechanical ventilation and respiratory failure.
He died this morning, "explained the director of the hospital.
Díaz added that the victim had been hospitalized for two weeks at the Rawson hospital and that "it was close contact with the Delta variant patient, an index case."
This is the 62-year-old man of Bolivian nationality who died this Sunday from coronavirus, and who had not complied with the isolation protocol after returning to the country from Peru.
The doctor told TN in a dialogue that the second victim of the Delta
suffered from comorbidities and had not been vaccinated
before
becoming
infected with patient zero, who had not received the first dose against Covid-19 either.
And he clarified: "He had some health problem that caused him not to be vaccinated, it was not by his own decision or (it was) anti-vaccines."
After the news of the first death by Delta, the Minister of Health Carla Vizzotti explained that although most of the cases of this strain are imported, "in Córdoba and in the city of Buenos Aires there are some cases that have no relationship between them. Especially in Córdoba, who had not found a connection with a traveler. "
He also clarified that currently this variant is not predominant, "
but it is already close to being a community
".
On the other hand, the first victim of the Delta variant of coronavirus in Córdoba had developed a bilateral pneumonia for which he was admitted to the Rawson hospital for three weeks.
This man had traveled to Peru to try his luck in a job as a bricklayer, since he did not have a job here.
After four months he decided to return.
Upon arriving in Argentina, the test was negative.
But at 7 days, the control swab detected that he was infected.
There it was learned that he had breached the isolation, which ended up causing a chain reaction.
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