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The Ministry of Health confirmed that four communes in the south-central zone of Chile will regress in the Step by Step plan and will begin a total quarantine on September 2.
Is about Santa Cruz, Chillán Viejo, Chillán and Hualqui, communes that have seen their coronavirus contagion figures worsen.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, stressed that Rengo It will advance to transition, after in some days it has not registered any case of Covid-19.
About this, Sergio Roldan, Municipal administrator, assured that “we are respectful with what the health authority establishes and if the quarantine is lifted, that means that the behavior of the city of Rengo is in the standards that allow him to advance in the second step. “
In addition, he explained that “we as a municipality are going to address all this in a contingency plan that allows us to address Step 2: we are satisfied with the work done, but we are not calm knowing that the risk of contagion has not been eliminated “.
Situation of Santa Cruz
The decision to quarantine Santa Cruz is due to the rise in chaos, crowding and high mobility in the commune during the last days, adding a total of 309 cases since the start of the pandemic.
The president of the Rancagua Medical College, Leslie salvatierra, indicated that if “it is considered that Santa Cruz had an increase in cases and a number of positive results of the samples that have been taken, it is better to do it in a timely manner and not wait many more weeks for more cases. “
He also indicated that it is important to see the situation of San Fernando, because “it has had positive numbers in recent days.”
