SANTIAGO — Chile’s health authorities said on Tuesday they had detected a case of the new coronavirus variant initially found in Britain, the first such confirmed infection in Latin America. Experts believe this Covid-19 variant to be considerably more contagious than the original strain first detected in China. ADVERTISEMENTThe case was found in a Chilean woman who returned to the country on December 21 from Madrid, having also traveled to Britain and Dubai. That quarantine extends to two weeks for those who visited Britain in the two weeks prior to arriving in Chile. Coronavirus cases were already on the increase once again in Chile, which has recorded almost 16,500 deaths and over 600,000 cases.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 29, 2020 18:33 UTC