The South American nation dug thousands of graves in the Covid-19 “storm”

According to the news agency AFP, gravediggers are digging nearly 2,000 new graves in the capital’s main cemetery, Santiago, Chicago, to cope with the Covid-19 epidemic. To date, at least 368 people have been killed and more than 37,000 have been confirmed to have Covid-19 in Chile.

Chile used to add just 350 to 500 new cases per day, but the number of cases skyrocketed over the weekend. 2,600 new infections were registered in 24 hours on 5/13, equivalent to the number of new cases on 5/14.

“We recognize that this is a historic moment and may require more graves, because we have seen what happens in other countries,” said the director of the cemetery in Santiago Rashid Saud.

“We have to compare ourselves with other countries that have used mass graves, countries with dead people on the streets and rotting bodies in trucks. That is what we want to avoid and hope we don’t have to use, “Saud said of the newly excavated graves.

In a televised speech on May 12, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera said the country was prepared to face the greatest challenges posed by the Covid-19 epidemic.

“In the coming weeks, we will face the most difficult moment and the greatest health challenge in decades in our country,” Piñera warned.

Almost 6 million people, or a third of the population of Chile, live in a blockade. Chile is currently one of the largest outbreaks in South America, after Brazil and Peru.

To prevent the spread of the disease, the Chilean government implemented a curfew after 10 p.m. M. And closed all schools until at least May. Chile also closed borders and businesses in non-essential fields. .

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