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OUTSTANDING VIDEO – Total quarantine decreed in Greater Santiago (04:00)
The advance of the coronavirus pandemic in our country registered an important chapter on the day of this Wednesday: 2,660 people they tested positive for this virus in the last 24 hours, according to the balance provided by the Ministry of Health, which means the largest increase in daily cases has been released so far.
With this, the number of COVID-19 infections in Chile rose to 34,381, of which, 72.61% (24,965) correspond to the Metropolitan Region.
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Faced with these figures and the increase in the occupation of ICU beds in hospitals in the capital, the government decided to toughen prevention measures and decreed the total quarantine for Greater Santiago and in six neighboring communes: San Bernardo, Puente Alto, Buin, Padre Hurtado, Lampa and Hill.
Further, Iquique and Alto Hospicio They are incorporated into the confined areas, which will take effect from 22:00 on this Friday, May 15.
“The battle for Santiago is, and excuse me centralism, the crucial battle in the war against the coronavirus. And that’s why we have to plead, plead, that we take all necessary measures seriously”, Stated in this regard the Minister of Health, Jaime Mañalich.
At the same time, the health authorities announced that will be reduced from 80 to 75 years the age of older adults who must remain in mandatory quarantine and a sanitary cord in San Antonio, before the rise of infections in the commune.
Meanwhile, the restriction measures will be lifted from this Friday at 22:00 hours in the urban area of Arica and in the communes of Angol and Victory.
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On the other hand, on Wednesday afternoon the Senate dispatched the bill that creates the Emergency Family Income, after approving the presidential veto presented by the government to promote said initiative. With this, the benefit may be distributed from May 29.
“(This project) will be a significant relief for 4.5 million Chileans They urgently need it, many with anguish, because they depend on informal jobs, whose income has been severely affected by the pandemic, “said President Sebastián Piñera.
In international matters, United States reached a total of 84,059 deceased, according to the latest figures provided by Johns Hopkins University. Despite these data, several states in the country continue their process of reduction of containment measures.
Likewise, Brazil happened to be the sixth country most affected by the pandemic globally, beating France and Germany, after 190,137 infections and 13,240 deaths were reported in the country.
Relive the main information of this day here:
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