The country's Undersecretary of Public Health Paula Daza said a Chilean woman who arrived on a flight from Madrid on Dec. 22 tested positive for the variant. The woman spent a week in London visiting relatives before flying to Chile from Madrid.
“All emergency measures have been taken and the person has already been transferred to a local hospital to be monitored by health personnel,” Daza said.
Daza assured that the woman is in good health and that contract tracing is being carried out.
Health authorities have since announced a mandatory 10-day quarantine for all people arriving in Chile from abroad, beginning Thursday.