Third case of the British strain: Italian traveled by bus from the capital to Constitución and is hospitalized

The Institute of Public Health reported this Saturday of a third case of the British variant of covid 19, detected in the last hours in the city of Constitución, Maule Region.

This is an asymptomatic Italian citizen who remains in the local hospital on a preventive basis.

The Italian is in good condition and would serve his quarantine tomorrow.

In addition, the ISP indicated that the foreign citizen traveled to Constitución by bus and that the traceability of all passengers who were in the same vehicle had already been carried out.

The results of the PCR tests will be known in the coming days.

Likewise, the relatives, the girlfriend and those close to the patient have already been subjected to PCR tests, and they were negative on two occasions.

The Italian citizen arrived at the Santiago international airport on December 22 to meet with his partner.

Apart from the Italian, that same day the first two cases of the British variant arrived in Chile, a woman and a young man who already infected five other people in Curicó.