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The explosive increase in cases of coronaviruses in the country – for some, the confirmation that they are in the presence of the first “great wave” of infections – made La Moneda change its mind, that it was difficult for him to accept a measure that he resisted for weeks: the total quarantine in 73% of the communes of the Metropolitan Region (92% of the regional population) as of Friday at 22:00. In addition, mandatory confinement was decreed for all adults over 75 years of age. Thus, the government opted for the toughest measure since the first cases erupted in March, although both La Moneda and the Ministry of Health were reluctant to consider the strategy of sectorized and dynamic quarantines that had been in place since Chile entered phase four of the pandemic.
The measures announced today by Minister Jaime Mañalich took place just as criticism increased for the Executive’s commitment to the “new normal” or “safe return”, Although the new strategy has more to do with the stark reality of the figures: 2,660 people were diagnosed as positive in the last 24 hours, a record figure that represents a 60% increase compared to the previous day. In total, there are already 34,381 infected and 346 dead (12 in the last 24 hours).
“We have to make the right decisions at the right time”, said Mañalich, who described the measures as “extremely harsh”. For the government the battle is uphill and from the social table for Covid-19 they advocate for the government to take a definitive communication turn that aims to warn the population that there is a real danger outside their homes.
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The government decreed total quarantine for 38 communes in the Metropolitan Region. “It is the most important health challenge in the history of our city,” said Mayor Felipe Guevara, who indicated that this will affect 6 and a half million people.
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Almost total quarantine in the RM: Piñera’s calls to mayors and the steps that come in the government
A few days ago in La Moneda they were analyzing the decree of quarantine in what they call urban Santiago, which President Sebastián Piñera settled today. Health, financial and safety factors were put on the table to study the new measure.
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Check the list of establishments and services that will be able to function in your community during quarantine
As soon as the government reported on the total quarantine in the Metropolitan Region, supermarkets began to fill up. After the government decreed the State of Constitutional Exception due to Catastrophe on March 18, the Ministry of Economy established which Essential Services can continue to function. Here is a key list.
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Head of Critical Care of the Maipú Hospital: “This situation is increasingly collapsing and we are trying to prepare ourselves”
“We are not calm, not at all. This situation is increasingly collapsing and we are trying to prepare ourselves as much as we can. The truth is that we expanded in a brutal way to try to cope, but we know that we are going to arrive at a time where we are going to be, like all ICUs in Chile, in a critical situation, “says Claudia Vega, Head of Care Critics of the Maipú Hospital, in this interview with Third.
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Coronavirus Podcast: “Extraordinarily Hard” Measures
As every day, this newsletter becomes a podcast to bring the most important things about the coronavirus crisis.
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America displaces Europe as epicenter of pandemic after rise in cases
Europe has been the “epicenter” of the coronavirus pandemic since mid-March, with more cases and deaths reported than the rest of the world. But the greater number of daily cases in recent weeks, with countries such as the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Peru or Canada especially affected, has caused America to overtake the Old Continent in infections, thus becoming the most serious infectious focus of the pandemic from Covid-19.
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Household quarantined: “I’ve never fought my husband as much as this month”
“I have never fought as much with my husband as this month that we have been in quarantine,” says Francisca Alvarado (43), who says that she has been with her partner for 15 years and, like any other, has had ups and downs. But this time, in the middle of a pandemic, is when the relationship has been most tense.
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Fact Checking 77: Bolivians trapped in the country sleep in a high school in Calama? Do college kids take a teacher out of an online class by pressing two buttons?
And in our Fact Checking today: Bolivians trapped in the country sleep in a high school in Calama? Do college kids take a teacher out of an online class by pressing two buttons?
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