the Minister of Health participated in a clandestine party

Under Secretary Daza, responsible for managing medical records, said the investigation had not yet started because the complaint did not meet the necessary background information.

The undersecretary confirmed that Paris had participated in the celebration, but assured that it was not a party: “They came to greet a person who was celebrating, but there was no no case a birthday party, as the letter mentions.

The Chilean Society of Infectious Diseases of Chile told Radio Biobío that the incident “must be qualified as serious and must be punished accordingly, because the authorities must set an example”.

Meanwhile, health officials have confirmed ten new cases of the more contagious Delta variant in Chilean travelers from Brazil, the United States, Spain and Mexico who entered the country through Santiago airport. between June 30 and July 3.

Although the passengers had a negative PCR result upon admission, they were re-tested at the terminal which was positive, so the samples were immediately referred to the Institute of Public Health (ISP ) for genomic sequencing which confirmed that it is the. Delta variant.

The group was referred to a transit hotel and later – after obtaining a positive PCR – transferred to healthcare residences where they are isolated for 14 days.

This most dangerous and contagious variant is setting off alarms in the country whose latest toll, with 2,906 new cases of coronavirus, brings the total number to 1.58 million.

As for positivity, it was 4.24%, the lowest figure since December 14, 2020.

On the last day, 61,922 PCR tests and 5,558 antigen tests were performed.

Meanwhile, 122 new deaths left the total figure at 33,636, while critical bed occupancy stands at 91.6%, with 2,525 Covid patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU).