[Minuto a Minuto] Metropolitan Mayor: Total quarantine “is the most important sanitary challenge in the history of the city”

19:26 –

| Former Minister Helia Molina: Today, Chileans do not believe anyone, not the Government, not politicians, neither right nor left nor center, they do not believe the experts, they do not believe the experts #CooperativaEnCasa

19:24 –

| Former Minister Helia Molina for eventual collapse of the health system: No country in the world has been able to avoid it #CooperativaEnCasa

19:23 –

| Former Minister Helia Molina: The health system will collapse yes or yes and before June #CooperativaEnCasa

19:21 –

| Former Minister Helia Molina: Today over 90% of ICU beds are occupied in Santiago, that means that long before May 20 all those ICUs will be occupied and the system will probably collapse no later than June #CooperativaEnCasa

19:18 –

| Former Minister Helia Molina by total quarantine: Avoid such a massive increase; we are going to catch the same, but the idea is that the health systems do not collapse #CooperativaEnCasa

19:17 –

| Former Minister Helia Molina: It has always been known that non-symptomatic patients infect, if they are infected; would have declared quarantine when #CooperativaEnCasa cases began to increase

19:15 –

| Former Minister Helia Molina: 85% of infections are in Santiago; we are learning from this epidemic and here in Santiago people live closer, more crowded and people have not respected partial quarantines #CooperativaEnCasa

19:13 –

| Former Minister Helia Molina: It is not easy to decree total quarantine, but when we are in a situation where we must think about people’s lives, economic analysis loses power there and people must think about #CooperativaEnCasa

19:13 –

| Former Minister Helia Molina: The only way to stop the rise that the infected curve was going to take was with total quarantines, better late than never #CooperativaEnCasa

19:12 –

| Minister Blumel: Achieving the objective of reducing the spread curve and flattening it does not depend so much on the police deployment, but on the conduct that each one has #CooperativaEnCasa

19:09 –

| Minister Blumel by metropolitan quarantine: We have taken the necessary measures and coordination to make it work in a good way #CooperativaEnCasa

19:06 –

| This Wednesday there was a meeting at the Santiago Military Garrison where the Interior Ministers, Gonzalo Blumel, and Defense Ministers, Alberto Espina, participated, along with the Head of National Defense in the Metropolitan Region, General Carlos Ricotti, and Mayor Felipe Guevara , to address the measures to be adopted in the communes that join the total quarantine.

18:58 –

| Undersecretary Martorell also announced new permits for face-to-face procedures that older adults must do: Tomorrow an update of all permits will be presented to achieve an improvement #CooperativaEnCasa

18:55 –

| Undersecretary Martorell: Regarding health officials who require that they be able to care for their children in order to carry out their function, this is part of the permits that are being reviewed #CooperativaEnCasa

18:55 –

| Total quarantine: Undersecretary Katherine Martorell indicated that work is being done to improve the Virtual Police Station platform, anticipating that new permits will be presented tomorrow #CooperativaEnCasa

18:52 –

| Total quarantine: Undersecretary Katherine Martorell indicated that it was about improving the Virtual Police Station platform, anticipating that new permits will be presented tomorrow #CooperativaEnCasa

18:52 –

| Mayor of Ñuñoa, Andrés Zarhi: “After many efforts, a month and a half in quarantine to be able to get ahead, we made it and we did not manage to stay for a week and again we return to quarantine” #CooperativaEnCasa

18:44 –

| After the announcement of quarantine in the 32 communes of the Province of Santiago and in six neighboring communes in the Metropolitan Region due to the increase in cases of Covid-19, the metropolitan mayor, Felipe Guevara, expressed that “it is the most important sanitary challenge in the history of our city “

14:44 –

| Froilán Flores, president of the Confederación de Ferias Libres, indicated that “we are going to have to make a protocol at the national level that can be adapted to each region”

14:42 –

| Agriculture Minister Antonio Walker said that “the farmers have told us that there is enough food stock. There is no reason to hoard food or to speculate on prices.”

14:41 –

| Supply centers such as Vega Central and Lo Valledor will remain open during quarantine, although only for retailers and wholesalers #CooperativaEnCasa

13:25 –

| Mayor of Pudahuel, Johnny Carrasco: Mañalich has to account for the delays in the delivery of the tests and for the delay in decision-making #CooperativaEnCasa

13:23 –

| Mayor of Pudahuel, Johnny Carrasco: There is government inefficiency, the difficulties need to be made transparent #CooperativaEnCasa

13:22 –

| Mayor of Pudahuel, Johnny Carrasco: We have doubts about how many are actually infected in our community #CooperativaEnCasa

13:20 –

| Santiaguinos are preparing to receive the quarantine that will take effect next Friday at 10 pm in Greater Santiago. “It is a necessary measure, but it comes quite late,” said people on the streets.

12:49 –

| “The country at this time is not for parties”, says Zarhi for the suspension of celebrations of National Holidays

12:49 –

| Zarhi: We had to make a budget modification to support people with medical supplies and food

12:47 –

| “In the offices we have 70 thousand people to be attending”says Zarhi

12:45 –

| The mayor of Ñuñoa Andrés Zarhi talks with #CooperativaEnCasa

12:20 –

| “The impact of the quarantine will start to show between one and two weeks later”says Miguel O’Ryan

12:17 –

| Doctor O’Ryan: It was clear that the Covid-19 was winning the battle with selective #CooperativaEnCasa quarantines

12:16 –

| Miguel O’Ryan: Quarantine in Greater Santiago leaves me calm #CooperativaEnCasa

12:14 –

| The doctor Miguel O’Ryan talk to #CooperativaEnCasa

12:03 –

| Mayor of Huechuraba highlights importance of self-care: It is a matter of life and death #CooperativaEnCasa

11:59 –

| Germán Codina: It is a measure that although it is late, it must be valued #CooperativaEnCasa

11:58 –

| Mayor Germán Codina: Although we are behind, we cannot highlight the negative things either

11:58 –

| Mayor Puente Alto: Total quarantine in Greater Santiago is a correct decision #CooperativaEnCasa

11:58 –

| Mayor Huechuraba: Control must be strengthened and each citizen must act responsibly #CooperativaEnCasa

11:54 –

| Mayor of Huechuraba: Two mistakes were made in our commune: 1 that it had to be closed previously; 2 leave us as an uncontaminated commune

11:46 –

| Minister Mañalich: If there is no appropriate behavior in the circumstances, this becomes very difficult #CooperativaEnCasa

11:43 –

| Minister Mañalich: The maximum we have reported of delay in the delivery of exams is three days #CooperativaEnCasa

11:31 –

| Minister Mañalich: A national quarantine with fewer cases would not have had results #CooperativaEnCasa

11:28 –

| Minister Mañalich: The battle of Santiago is crucial in the war for the coronavirus #CooperativaEnCasa

11:27 –

| Minister Mañalich: Arica, Angol and Victoria will be quarantined #CooperativaEnCasa

11:23 –

| Minister Mañalich announces total quarantine for Greater Santiago and for six nearby communes: San Bernardo, Buin, Puente Alto, Padre Hurtado, Lampa and Colina #CooperativaEnCasa

11:22 –

| Sanitary cord is established in the commune of San Antonio from this Friday #CooperativaEnCasa

11:20 –

| Quarantine is decreed for Iquique and Alto Hospicio from this Friday #CooperativaEnCasa

11:19 –

| Those over 75 should not leave their homes, says Minister Mañalich #CooperativaEnCasa

11:16 –

| Minister Mañalich: There are 553 fans available nationwide #CooperativaEnCasa

11:15 –

| Minister Mañalich: 313,750 examinations have been carried out since the start of the #CooperativaEnCasa pandemic

11:15 –

| Minister Mañalich: On the last day there were 10,410 #CooperativaEnCasa exams

11:14 –

| Minsal reports 12 new deceased, a number that reaches 347 fatalities due to coronavirus #CooperativaEnCasa

11:13 –

| The Government confirms 2,660 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, reaching a total of 34,381 infected #CooperativaEnCasa

10:52 –

| [Radio En Vivo] Lawyer and workplace accidents at home: Keep in mind that I need to communicate with my employer permanently, in order to take care of my integrity in teleworking #CooperativaEnCasa

10:51 –

| The Vice President of the Senate, Rabindranath Quinteros (PS), will request a special session for Minister Jaime Mañalich to explain problems with PCR examinations in the private system, and to account for the control of the pandemic #CooperativaEnCasa

10:51 –

| [Radio En Vivo] Lawyer and workplace accidents at home: The employer must provide all the necessary resources for workers to carry out work from home #CooperativaEnCasa

10:46 –

| [Radio En Vivo] Lawyer and work accidents at home: The inspection becomes much more difficult, it is complex to prove a work accident of this type #CooperativaEnCasa

10:45 –

| [Radio En Vivo] Ricardo Pérez de Arce, academic Faculty of Law and Government of the USS, talks about how to differentiate domestic accidents from work accidents #CooperativaEnCasa

10:30 –

| Society for Microbiology: The solution for private laboratories is to train and switch to manual extraction during this period, while they wait for the reagent for automated processing to arrive #CooperativaEnCasa

10:23 –

| Society for Microbiology: If all the laboratories in the public network were automated, they could process 1,500 samples daily without problems; the issue is that in the vast majority the extraction the sample is manual #CooperativaEnCasa

10:18 –

| Society for Microbiology: What is lacking is the reagent stock to process the automated sample in private laboratories, and the factor comes into play that they do not have their personnel prepared for manual extraction #CooperativaEnCasa

10:10 –

| The president of the Chilean Microbiology Society (Somich), Claudia Saavedra, comments in Una Nueva Mañana about the lack of stock in PCR tests in private clinics

09:39 –

| Minister Ward for calls to boycott the Simce: We all have to row for the same side (…) we need unity #CooperativaEnCasa

09:38 –

| Minister Ward: We don’t want to go back to October 18 or 17, we want to build a new reality #CooperativaEnCasa

09:34 –

| Minister Ward: It is reasonable to wait before allocating resources hastily #CooperativaEnCasa

09:33 –

| Minister Ward: We don’t have a crystal ball to know how long this will last #CooperativaEnCasa

09:30 –

| Minister Ward for processing of Family Emergency Income: It is a great triumph for the country, for 4.5 million people #CooperativaEnCasa

09:25 –

| Minister Ward: The Public Account will be in Valparaíso and with extensive security protocols #CooperativaEnCasa

09:11 –

| A long line is registered at the Los Conquistadores medical center, at the Indisa Clinic, to take the PCR exams #CooperativaEnCasa

08:46 –

| [Radio En Vivo] National Director of Gendarmerie, Christian Alveal: There are 18 inmates who have been returned to jail for breach of the commutative measure cooperativa.cl/radioenvivo/ #CooperativaEnCasa

08:43 –

| [Radio En Vivo] National Director of Gendarmerie, Christian Alveal: We have 18 prisons with the presence of Covid-19 cooperativa.cl/radioenvivo/ #CooperativaEnCasa

08:41 –

| [Radio En Vivo] National Director of Gendarmerie: We are interested in each prisoner knowing that Gendarmerie will work to provide them with cooperativa.cl/radioenvivo/ #CooperativaEnCasa

08:37 –

| [Radio En Vivo] National Director of Gendarmerie: Any closure of a large prison further complicates the overcrowding situation cooperativa.cl/radioenvivo/ #CooperativaEnCasa

08:35 –

| [Radio En Vivo] Gendarmerie Director, Christian Alveal: We have made a significant effort to contain the infections. We have no inmates deceased by Covid-19 cooperativa.cl/radioenvivo/ #CooperativaEnCasa

08:30 –

| [Radio En Vivo] Director of Gendarmerie and situation of the Puente Alto Prison: We have been removing inmates, to contain the contagions cooperativa.cl/radioenvivo/ #CooperativaEnCasa

07:56 –

| Society of Intensive Medicine: The greater the social distance, the less contagion, therefore, it is desirable to have everything turned off with quarantine, because more demand is slowed. But from the path of country needs, it is difficult #CooperativaEnCasa

07:54 –

| Intensive Medicine Society: We have the impression that in general the management has been adequate, we still have little personnel loss, most of the units operating at full capacity. At the micro level, when we let our guard down we see outbreaks #CooperativaEnCasa

07:43 –

| Intensive Medicine Society: The best possible efforts are being made and, at the macro level, the greatest possible coordination of the health authority is required. It is a very complex pandemic #CooperativaEnCasa

07:40 –

| Society for Intensive Medicine: 90 percent of bed occupancy is maintained for critically ill patients, and there is local management to increase beds, but that has a limit, which is physical #CooperativaEnCasa

07:39 –

| The president of the Society of Intensive Medicine, Dr. Tomás Regueira, talks with El Diario de Cooperativa