The two new cases of Covid-19 registered in Maldonado in the daily report of the National Emergency System (Sinae)They are a father and a son who returned to Uruguay last week.
At this time, the health authorities try to contact about 250 people who shared a trip in Buquebus from Buenos Aires with the two infected Argentines.
The two Argentines were tested in a private sanitarium in Maldonado, after they found out that a relative with whom they had close contact had a coronavirus., according to local media reported.
“They are studying isolation in Maldonado and were asymptomatic but they found out that someone related to them in Argentina had tested positive and they themselves decided to take the test in a particular way. A couple of hours ago the positive result came ”, argued the departmental director of Health, Naris Garcia.
“They are perfectly fine, but the issue is to identify the rest of the Buquebus. There could be more positive cases, you have to see where they went. All the tests are going to be done ”Garcia said.
It should be clarified that although Uruguay’s borders remain closed for the health emergency, people with residence in the country are allowed to enter, Uruguayans or foreigners, and the Buquebus company has a weekly frequency from Montevideo to Buenos Aires on Fridays for this.
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