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The Chief Minister of Scotland, Nicola sturgeon, warned this Saturday that the worsening of the second wave of Covid-19 in Chile, which has put the country on the brink of hospital collapse, despite its successful vaccination process, “It is a warning” to analyze the lifting of restrictive measures.
“What is happening in Chile right now serves as a warning of what will happen if the restrictions are eased very quickly and before we have vaccinated a sufficient number of people.”‘the Scottish leader wrote on her Twitter account.
In addition, it indicated that “care and caution will return us to normal with more security“.
This for @HMcArdleHT It is worth reading. What is happening in Chile right now serves as a warning of what will happen if restrictions are eased too quickly and before we have vaccinated enough people. Care and caution will return us to normal with greater security. https://t.co/iM7rdXsJes
– Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) April 3, 2021
Scotland confirmed this Saturday almost 400 new cases of Covid-19 for the third consecutive day: 397 new infections in the last 24 hours, from more than 21,000 tests performed.
The positivity rate – the number of Covid-19 infections detected per 100 PCR tests – is 2.1 percent, less than the 5 percent that, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), indicates that an epidemic is under control.
No new deaths have been reported from people who have tested positive in the past 28 days, although they are generally not reported over the weekend as registry offices are closed.
While, the vaccination program in Scotland continues to develop, with 2,535,889 people receiving their first injection, while 434,941 received a second dose.
Chile, meanwhile, surpassed this Saturday, for the second consecutive day, the barrier of 8,000 new infections: in the last 24 hours there were 8,028 cases and 103 deaths, which brings the total balance since the beginning of the crisis to more than 1 million infected and 23,524 deaths.
Meanwhile, the Chilean positivity rate was 11 percent nationwide in the last 24 hours and 12 percent in Santiago, while the number of patients in the active stage of the disease, that is, who can infect, rose up to 44,584.
More than 6.8 million people have received at least one dose (3.7 million the two injections), which confirms Chile among the three countries in the world with the highest percentage of inoculated population.
THE CHILEAN AND ISRAELI CASE
In her tweet, the Scottish leader shared an article published by the local newspaper The Herald, in which the situation facing Chile and Israel, two countries with high levels of vaccination, regarding their levels of contagion after taking deconfinement measures.
According to the media, Israel began to lift its confinement measures when 40 percent of its population had received at least their first dose, with 70 percent of their elders (over 60 years) inoculated.
In addition, he stressed that “life began to return to normal“ when a large part of its population was vaccinated with at least one doseEven so, having access to public places such as gyms and cafes only those vaccinated.
In the case of Chile, it was stated that it was “quick to lift restrictions“, highlighting the existence of the vacation permit promoted by the Government and the travel offers that many Chileans took advantage of to travel abroad.
“On December 30 they were issuing vacation permits that allowed tourists to enter having a negative test (pcr) and complete a 10-day (self-supervised) quarantine. Chileans, meanwhile, took advantage of cheap flights to Miami and Brazil“, he claimed The Herald.
He also pointed out that some measures were taken hastily, such as the case of the opening of cinemas, which was reopened – according to the Scottish outlet – when less than 1 percent had received the first dose.
Finally, he assured that “the catastrophe unfolding in Chile should also serve as a reprimand for those pushing for a quicker and less cautious exit“.
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