Health Ministry: Argentina has recorded 29 cases of Delta variant

Argentina’s Health Ministry reported Thursday that so far 29 individual cases of the socalled ‘Delta’ variant of Covid-19 have been recorded on national territory.

All but one of those confirmed as carrying the infection had recently travelled overseas, said officials, to destinations including the United States, Spain, Holland, Mexico, Montenegro, Panama, France and Venezuela.

The final case, which like the others was identified by testing carried out by the Anlis-malbrán Institute, is an individual with “an epidemiological link to a traveller,” said the portfolio in a statement.

Of the 28 infected who had a recent history of travel, 32 percent were detected via testing upon arrival to the country (nine cases) and 68 percent (19 cases) tested positive for the Delta variant during a compulsory period of isolation or via the required PCR test at the end of their seven-day obligatory quarantine.