Interned in the Panguipulli Hospital, in the Los Ríos region, the first person confirmed with the new strain of coronavirus.

This was stated by the mayor of Panguipulli, Rodrigo Valdivia, who assured that relatives of the patient they went to look for her at the airport in a vehicle and they transferred her to a private home to perform a preventive quarantine.

The communal chief explained that once diagnosed, both the patient and her close contacts will move us to the Panguipulli Hospital, where they are being monitored.

The president of the Association of Municipal Health Officials of Panguipulli, Orlando Romero, questioned the Government for not taking the necessary measures to prevent this new strain from reaching our country.


According to the health leader, as soon as this new variety of the virus was known, several epidemiologists recommended closing the borders.

Despite the above, the suggestion was not considered by the Chilean authorities, with the consequence that we know today.

At the moment, the patient’s health status or her close contacts have not been reported. It has only been said that when she arrived in our country she was asymptomatic.