The Zone 7 coordinator of the Ministry of Health, Alfredo Vera, reported that the first positive patient for the Brazilian variant in the country was at a party with more than 70 people in a Hotel in Loja.
The party, he said, took place “in a well-known hotel in the city.” Now, they are investigating the contacts that these more than 70 people have had to implement an epidemiological fence and prevent the variant from spreading.
“We are reviewing the case, the lists because we must do the epidemiological fence. This is not to say it is a confirmed case and it is over. We must do corresponding research ”, he mentioned to a local digital media.
Regarding the condition of the patient, who is in intensive care in Loja, he informed that he continues with a reserved prognosis.
The zonal coordinator explained that this variant generated in Brazil causes that, of 10 people, six are infected because it has a higher degree of contagion than the previous one that circulated in the country.
He mentioned that the investigations have their rhythm because, of the 70 people who went to the party, they must track who they had direct and indirect contact with after this event prohibited by the state of emergency that the country is experiencing.
In addition, he mentioned that they owe the incubation time to be able to carry out the PCR tests and confirm the presence of this variant in the attendees of this party, as well as the people with whom they had contact in the following days.
The Ministry of Health extended the epidemiological fence for this case to more than 100 people. It is still unknown of more positive infections to the Brazilian variant.
This Tuesday, April 13, the Loja canton had four more infections in the last 24 hours and the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 amounts to 9,689.
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