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Coronavirus in Argentina: Santiago del Estero reported two new infected after 23 days without infections

After 23 days without registering new infections in the province, the authorities of Santiago del estero reported this Saturday that they were detected two new coronavirus infected, which have already been isolated.

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According to what they specified in the last health report, the first case is that of a man residing in the Alberdi department, who is without symptoms and was transferred to an intermediate care center in the city of Pampa de los Guanacos.

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Meanwhile, the second patient is a woman with a royal residence in Lomas de Zamora, province of Buenos Aires, which was temporarily located in the Santiago town of Los Quiroga, located in the department of Banda.

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As detailed, this person is isolated and under medical monitoring in the Independence Hospital, located on Avenida Belgrano Norte at 660, and also evolves favorably.

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The two new infected entered Santiago del Estero, a district that had been 23 consecutive days without presenting positive cases of COVID-19, from the province of Buenos Aires, the area of ​​the country most affected by the pandemic.

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Governor’s Administration Gerardo Zamora He specified that to date, 1,464 people with a travel history have completed preventive sanitary isolation.

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Meanwhile, they are still under epidemiological follow-up. 92 healthy patients, who were also in regions of Argentina with circulation of the coronavirus.

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Recently, The local police arrested three visitors who entered the province irregularly in the town of Los Quiroga, Banda department. one of which would be the woman who ended up confirming that she is infected.

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The event occurred when these three people, all from Buenos Aires and residing in Lomas de Zamora, passed the Selva police control (Route 34) aboard a Jeep van. On that occasion, the driver explained to security officers that they were going to Salta due to the death of a sister and presented a national permit to drive.

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However, later all of them were detained during the wake of a relative, who was actually developing in Los Quiroga and not in the province of Salta, as they had previously said.

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Upon learning that they were in that locality, the police personnel immediately went to the place and proceeded to delay those involved, who later argued that they lied to the security forces because they knew that the controls to enter Santiago del Estero were very strict.

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So far, in Santiago del Estero there have been 22 cases recovered and 2,475 have already been discarded.

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