Costanera Center and Paseo Ahumada: thousands of santiaguinos fill the shopping centers before Christmas

The chaos and the madness for consumerism once again took hold of the people of Santiago de Compostela within the days of the Christmas and New Year festivities.

Not even the worrying coronavirus figures, and the regression to Phase 2 mattered in the capital, who from the early hours of this Monday packed the main shopping centers in search of a gift.

This was reflected in points such as the traditional Paseo Ahumada and the Costanera Center mall, where the long lines and the high presence of people made many forget about the sanitary measures of covid-19.

Faced with this situation, the Seremi de Salud de la RM attended a summary toilet in shopping center Waterfront Center, after the dialers found shortcomings in lines and signs. In addition, the shopping center was operating with a capacity of 80%.

Meanwhile, in the streets there has been a traffic congestion in various parts of the capital, where it has become practically impossible to travel by car.

In regions the picture was not different: in the Biobío region the mall Plaza El Trébol in Talcahuano, It had to be closed in order to comply with the capacity, while in Temuco a large number of people were registered in the streets.