Mañalich reports that Piñera will receive shipment of new mechanical ventilators and medical supplies for Chile today

This Saturday, within the framework of the delivery of a new balance for the national situation due to the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19), the Minister of Health, Jaime Mañalich, reported that the President Sebastián Piñera will receive new fans and medical supplies to face the health emergency.

The Secretary of State was consulted by the national strategy on this issue, to which he replied: “Gradually, as people begin to recover from the disease, to the extent that hospital capacity has been strengthened, as At the country level, we have a hospital capacity to care for Covid patients, which is twice as much as what we have in use today. That gives us enormous peace of mind, “he said from Punta Arenas.

And added that “The President (Sebastián Piñera) is at the moment at the Santiago International Airport receiving a very relevant quantity of respirators, supplies to better face this crisis”.

The President arrived around 11:00 at the place, accompanied by Defense Minister Alberto Espina and government spokeswoman Karla Rubilar.

The undersecretary of Assistance Networks, Arturo Zúñiga, had already encrypted the available mechanical fans at 572 in the balance of this day.