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The Ministry of Health (Minsal) announced an investigation by the Filtering the map with the georeferencing of people infected with COVID-19.
The information was published by the digital medium Interference, and the article identifies the communes and even specific streets of COVID-19 positive people.
The authorities confirmed the veracity of the published data, which are used by the Minsal to work on concrete measures to contain the pandemic in Chile.
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“The data that appears there is true, that is, The information is correct, corresponds to what we have registered in the Ministry of Health “, stated the Minister of Health, Jaime Mañalich.
In addition, he explained that “we use these georeferencing precisely to do finer work, as we’ve started this week with the mayors. We show them where the cases are concentrated to see how we can work. “
Likewise, Minister Mañalich accused that this means “Exposing people to discrimination and violence”, and exemplified it with the situations that health workers have faced “that do not allow them to get on the collective locomotion or violate the privacy of their homes. ”
Regarding the filtering mechanism, the authority stated that “we do not know it at this time”, but they will find out “through the complaint that corresponds to the specialized police on these issues, to eventually identify responsibilities and initiate the corresponding administrative and legal actions ”.
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