Argentina detects first case of Ômicron variant
Argentina detected this Sunday (5) the first case of the Ômicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, in a citizen who returned from a business trip to South Africa, the Ministry of Health said.
The 38-year-old man was already in quarantine after returning to the country on November 30, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health.
The four people with whom he was in are also in isolation, despite having received negative results in tests already carried out, according to the statement.
According to the new rules announced by the Argentine government to combat the spread of the new variant, recently detected in South Africa, travelers who have been to the African continent in recent weeks are required to comply with quarantine, having to undergo a PCR test to get out of isolation .
Yesterday, Argentina diagnosed 1,294 new cases of covid-19, bringing the total number infected since the start of the pandemic to 5.34 million.
The country ed a total of 116,64 thousand deaths, including three in the last 24 hours.
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