detected 7 other cases of the Delta variant and there are already 29 across the country

With the confirmation of seven cases of Delta variant coronavirus, the Nation’s Ministry of Health said on Thursday that “a cumulative total of 29 genomic sequencing “ of this strain in Argentina.

Based on the results of the Malbran Institute, the samples identified with this variant are linked to 28 people from the United States, Spain, Holland, Mexico, Montenegro, Panama, France and Venezuela.

Also there are a case with an epidemiological link with a traveler, the Health portfolio said in a statement.

The Minister of Health had mentioned this specific case on Wednesday in a television interview. “Only close contacts tested positive but he also traveled. So far, we are not isolated in a community with no travel history. We are succeeding in delaying the entry of the Delta variant, ”said Carla Vizzotti.

For people with a travel history, 32% were detected in the travel device. entry test in the country (9 cases) and 68% (19 cases) were positive at isolation due to initiation of symptoms or achievement of test PCR on the seventh day of isolation.

Delta variant and restrictions

According to the measures of the national government, tourists who left Argentina after July 1 and return to the country must go through a 7 days of isolation to prevent the spread of the Delta variant.

The modality of this quarantine is defined by the authorities of each district.

In the city of Buenos Aires, the period of extreme care can be accomplished in the private house. In the province of Buenos Aires, on the other hand, the first 4 days must be carried out in hotels authorized for this purpose by the Axel Kicillof government and then you can continue in the hostels.

These measures were applied with a strict quota of arrivals of Argentines from abroad, which resulted in thousands of them being stranded abroad.

Although “stocks” for flights started with a limit of 600 people per day, since last Monday that number has been 900 passengers per day.

According to the health report published this Thursday by the Ministry of Health, Argentina has already recorded 4,812,351 cases of coronavirus since the start of the pandemic.

In the last 24 hours there has been 13,500 new infections and at present there are 261,324 patients with the disease.

With the 267 deaths reported in this Thursday’s update, the total deaths by covid in the country is 103,074.

In addition, in the last hours, the tenth flight agreed with the Chinese authorities for the month of July arrived with Sinopharm vaccines. It is expected that this Friday a remainder of doses will arrive in Argentina on a Qatar Airways flight.

On the other hand, on Monday, the shipment of 500 liters of component 2 of Sputnik V will land in Ezeiza, due to the absence of the second dose of the Russian vaccine and after the controversy over the letter sent to Russia by presidential adviser Cecilia Nicolini. .

The following week, according to Casa Rosada, a similar shipment will arrive. Both will enable the Richmond laboratory at its Pilar facility to produce some 1.6 million doses of Sputnik component 2.

According to the Public Vaccination Monitor, 28,983,895 doses of covid vaccine have already been applied.

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