According to what was indicated by the health authorities of La Rioja, fifteen people had to be isolated after having shared a trip by bus with a person who tested positive for coronavirus with the variant Omicron.
At first, the passenger infected with Omicron took land transportation at the Retiro station in Buenos Aires and then got off in Córdoba. The existence of the variant It was confirmed a day ago, after the patient’s return from Dubai and the subsequent appearance of symptoms.
The secretary of Provincial Territorial Attention, Gonzalo Calvo, assured that “all are without symptoms” and that only in 10 days will the accurate result of the tests be obtained on whether or not there is presence of Omicron. “They will receive daily control to identify The variable“he added.
“It was necessary to evaluate the situation of each person, to know if they are vaccinated or not, but We will continue doing control work, we did a PCR test on each one and later we sent the analyzes to the Malbrán Hospital“said the official about the protocol.
The case in Córdoba
On the day of last Thursday, the Ministry of Health of the Nation confirmed that a new contagion of coronavirus with the Omicron variant was detected in the national territory. In this case, it was in the province of Córdoba.
As explained, it is a passenger who arrived from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 1 with his family. “It had the complete coverage of the vaccines and a negative PCR,” they added.
In line with this index case, the national health portfolio also warned among the close contacts that other “seven positive cases of the new strain were reported in the Argentine province” that were also isolated to avoid further transmission.
On the other hand, it was reported that “some 17 passengers who shared a flight with the patient were tracked to perform the corresponding swabs.” Likewise, there would be more people because before getting on the plane in Dubai, he made stops in Turkey and Spain.
