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Comments in the government of the government denied errors and pointed out that it complied with "all current protocols".In the middle of the controversy for the arrival of a cruise that arrived from Africa to the port of the city of Buenos Aires, from Casa Rosada they assured that the ship that came from Cape Verde "were waiting for him" because he had reported a positive case of Coronavirus.They authorized by mistake that a cruise from Cabo Verde enters the country “the information released on the Hamburg cruise is false.The ship gave notice of a positive case, an operation was scheduled and more than 300 PCR was carried out in 24 hours.All were negative including that of the case, who continues isolated next to their narrow contacts, ”the Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti, wrote on social networks.Vizzotti, who is in charge of the National Directorate of Enabling, Supervision and Health of Borders - the leaders Claudia Madies -, an agency that has the responsibility for the application of the current protocols, sought to take calm in the increase in concern for the variantomicron that, although it was discovered in South Africa, more and more countries reported that they registered contagios compatible with that mutation.According to official sources, the authorities were waiting for the ship because "it came from Africa" and because they had already reported that they had a positive case of Covid."Passengers were allowed to go down after two negative PCRs," they explained from the national government.At the same time they tried to minimize the alleged crossing between an inspector of the Border Health Directorate that was located on the command bridge of the flag cruise ship of Bahamas Ms Hamburg."Boluda, this ship comes from Cabo Verde, isn't that in Africa?" It was the phrase that Infobae attributed to the operators."The exchange you publish between two operators, if there have been, does not modify that situation at all," said an official with access to President Alberto Fernández's office.“On Friday we had already arranged for a testing with antigens of the entire crew and passengers.That test was done and gave negative for all, except one that gave positive, but his narrow contacts gave negative, ”said Madies, who despite the controversy will continue in his position."It complied with all the current protocols and in consultation with the different epidemiological areas," said Balcarce 50.Madies also added that Cabo Verde, part of an archipelago off the northwest coast of that continent, "is not within the countries in which the existence of the variant was announced".And in dialogue with Radio with you explained that cruise employees are not isolated."The ship is released.Wrong information is being transmitted.The risk evaluation was already done and the ship has been released, ”said the official.Cronología del contagioTodo comenzó el 17 de noviembre.That day, according to the Hamburg medical book, a passenger was reported with symptoms compatible with COVID-19, which was immediately isolated despite the negative test of antigen test.The passenger had approached the boat in Tenerife.Two days later he gives negative again.Finally, the 22 the PCR gave positive and identified their narrow contacts so that they also made the corresponding isolation.A day later, the Naviera Agency warned the Border Health Directorate of the existence of the case.Already in Buenos Aires, last Friday, all people were taken on board the ship with normal values and the antigens test was performed: all negative except the affected passenger.That day the vaccination documents were also found and the infected person and their narrow contacts were interviewed.In that conversation it arose that both made a two -hour Cape Verde Excursion, in a bubble mode, outdoors, with chin and without interacting with any resident.On Saturday, by disposition of the national authorities, a PCR test was arranged for all crew and passengers;Everyone gave negative, even the affected passenger.Despite this, it was decided to maintain the isolation of this person and their narrow contacts.While the rest of the people were released.“This decision was made based on the risk assessment carried out from the time of start of the symptoms, the results of the multiple tests, the travel time without contact with earth.It was taken with the intervention of the areas of epidemiology of the National Government and the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, ”they explained from health.