Ugh, the Delta variant has arrived:


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Sorry for the google translate, but you will get the idea:

After completing her isolation and testing negative after her arrival in Chile, the woman moved to Talca, and in an access control to the city she was given an antibody test in which she was positive , for which a PCR. When the origin was detected from where it came, it was decided to sequence, and there the Delta variant was finally detected.

At this time, she and her family are reportedly in isolation and all have had sequencing.
Faced with this case, the Minister of Health , Enrique Paris, affirmed in the Chamber of Deputies, while participating in a Chamber session to extend the validity of the State of Exception of Catastrophe, that the Institute of Public Health reported last night that the sequencing effectively tested positive , and recalled that they will strengthen the detection of variants. “We are going to try to increase this sequencing from 350 to 1,000 per week. We are signing an agreement to do so ” , he indicated.

So, she made it all the way to Talca from Santiago, about 250 km away. I wonder how she traveled and how many people she came in contact with. What is it with that region of the country (Maule region)? The first guy that brought the virus here in March 2020 was from San Javier, another town in Maule.