The Ministry of Public Health of Argentina’s Tucumán province announced this Wednesday. Death of a second person infected with a hitherto unknown virus causing bilateral pneumonia. “Last Monday, we identified six patients with bilateral pneumonia, including one of the medical personnel, four of whom were hospitalized seriously and one in isolation at home,” the Minister of Health said at a press conference. Said. The second death before Luis Medina Ruiz was announced in the province.
All those infected started showing symptoms between August 18-22 and were tested for covid-19, Influenza, Influenza A and even B, as detailed in statements made by Medina to Public TV, and all tests came back negative. “It’s probably an infectious etiological agent (a virus) and we need to show it and find out what it is. viral infectious microbe The contagion is not that severe,” said the Provincial Minister of Health, adding that there have been no new patients in this situation since last August 22.
In addition, according to the ministry’s statement, health authorities are working to carry out the investigation of the epidemic, which includes the follow-up of the contacts of the cases and certain control actions in the health center where the epidemic occurred. All registered cases correspond to five healthcare workers and one patient from the intensive care unit of the private hospital in San Miguel de Tucumán.