The infected travelker had arrived from Lima, Peru, on July 19 with a negative PCR test
One case of the coronavirus Delta variant has been detected in the Argentine province of Córdoba in a traveler who had arrived from Lima, Peru, through Buenos Aires' Aeroparque Jorge Newbery airport on July 19.
The passenger, who had submitted a negative test while boarding the flight, had close contact with non-cohabitating relatives during the mandated isolation period isolation, thus spreading contagion.
Córdoba's Health Ministry reported Thursday that the first case of coronavirus corresponding to the Delta variant had been detected in a traveler from abroad and another 13 people had been infected through close contact.