Pizarro explained that six people were infected by being in close contact with the traveler who arrived with the Omicron variant, two of whom also have Omicron and four are awaiting the result of genomic sequencing in the laboratory.
The Ministry of Health pointed out that of the three cases confirmed with Ómicron, there is one person who is not vaccinated, which could mean a greater danger in their health and will be constantly monitored.
In addition, the authorities are conducting the traceability process with all the close contacts of the initial case and the newly infected, and all those who test positive for the PCR test will undergo a genomic sequencing test.
All the cases detected so far are in the central area of the country, either in Santiago or in the Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins Region.
The Omicron variant of covid-19 was discovered at the end of November by South African researchers and due to its high number of mutations it is highly contagious.
Since March 11, 2020, when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the disease caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus a pandemic, detected for the first time at the end of 2019, 1,778,370 have been infected in Chile. people, of which 38,600 died.
Globally, there are 266,504,411 confirmed cases and 5,268,849 deaths, according to the latest WHO report.
Source From: Ambito
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