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Chile begins gradual de-confinement after months of quarantine by coronavirus
Regarding the daily evolution of the coronavirus in Chile, the Minister of Health stated that "the numbers continue to improve" with a decrease of 15% in the number of new infections in the last seven days and a positivity rate of 12.08%
EC Writing
Updated on 07/24/2020 at 15:38
CORONAVIRUS CHILE LIVE | The Chilean health authorities announced this Friday the first areas that will be released from quarantine after months of preventive home confinement, the first phase of the "Step by Step" plan established by the Government to ease sanitary restrictions.
The undersecretary of Health, Paula Daza, explained that seven communes (municipalities) of the Metropolitan region -to which Santiago de Chile belongs- and two of the neighboring Valpara?so region, will lift will advance to the second phase of the plan of unconfinement, which allows the removal of quarantines from Monday to Friday.
Nine areas that will be the first to begin the gradual opening of the dozens that are under mobility restrictions across the country.
The advance towards step 2 or "Transition" step implies, among other measures, the ability to take to the streets from next Tuesday, although the quarantine will be maintained on weekends and holidays, as well as the national night curfew. , which remains in effect every day.
The meetings of people will only be of five people indoors and 10 outside, and the freedom of mobility in these areas does not allow its citizens to move to other communities that are still in quarantine.
In Santiago de Chile, Vitacura, Lo Barnechea, Las Condes, ?u?oa, La Reina, along with the cities of the outskirts of the capital, will be the first, in addition to San Felipe and San Antonio in the Valpara?so region.
OPENING TO THE SOUTH AND CLOSING IN THE CENTER-NORTH
The Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, also reported that the southern region of La Araucan?a will pass the fourth of five phases in the opening plan, the "Initial Opening" stage, and will join the also southern regions of Los R?os and Ays?n in this situation, which already allows to resume certain activities with a lower risk of contagion and minimizes crowds.
On the other side of the reality of the pandemic in Chile, the head of the health portfolio confirmed that four new communes -Copiap?, La Calera, La Cruz and Isla de Maipo- in the center-north of the country go into quarantine phase from the next Tuesday due to the increase in cases.
"THE FIGURES CONTINUE TO IMPROVE"
Regarding the daily evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in Chile, Paris stated that "the numbers continue to improve" with a decrease of 15% in the number of new infections in the last seven days and a positivity rate of 12, 08%.
Likewise, in the last 24 hours, 2,545 new positive cases of COVID-19 were reported, totaling 341,304 since the arrival of the coronavirus in Chile on March 3.
As for the deceased, there are 76 people who lost their lives due to the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 in the last day, reaching 8,914 deaths, to which we should add 3,932 deaths "suspected" or attributable to the new coronavirus.
The hospital situation continues to improve, with 1,636 patients in intensive care units, of whom 239 are in critical condition, while the availability of mechanical ventilators reaches 527.
Despite the beginning of the opening of restrictions in some areas of the country, Chile maintains the state of emergency due to catastrophe and the night curfew, as well as the closure of the borders and maintains it at the national level, except for the three southern regions mentioned, businesses that are not essential are closed.
With almost 19 million inhabitants and more than 1.4 million PCR tests performed, Chile is the eighth country in the world with the most cases, ahead of the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain, according to John Hopkins University.
Source: EFE
Chile begins gradual de-confinement after months of quarantine by coronavirus
Regarding the daily evolution of the coronavirus in Chile, the Minister of Health stated that "the numbers continue to improve" with a decrease of 15% in the number of new infections in the last seven days and a positivity rate of 12.08%
EC Writing
Updated on 07/24/2020 at 15:38
CORONAVIRUS CHILE LIVE | The Chilean health authorities announced this Friday the first areas that will be released from quarantine after months of preventive home confinement, the first phase of the "Step by Step" plan established by the Government to ease sanitary restrictions.
The undersecretary of Health, Paula Daza, explained that seven communes (municipalities) of the Metropolitan region -to which Santiago de Chile belongs- and two of the neighboring Valpara?so region, will lift will advance to the second phase of the plan of unconfinement, which allows the removal of quarantines from Monday to Friday.
Nine areas that will be the first to begin the gradual opening of the dozens that are under mobility restrictions across the country.
The advance towards step 2 or "Transition" step implies, among other measures, the ability to take to the streets from next Tuesday, although the quarantine will be maintained on weekends and holidays, as well as the national night curfew. , which remains in effect every day.
The meetings of people will only be of five people indoors and 10 outside, and the freedom of mobility in these areas does not allow its citizens to move to other communities that are still in quarantine.
In Santiago de Chile, Vitacura, Lo Barnechea, Las Condes, ?u?oa, La Reina, along with the cities of the outskirts of the capital, will be the first, in addition to San Felipe and San Antonio in the Valpara?so region.
OPENING TO THE SOUTH AND CLOSING IN THE CENTER-NORTH
The Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, also reported that the southern region of La Araucan?a will pass the fourth of five phases in the opening plan, the "Initial Opening" stage, and will join the also southern regions of Los R?os and Ays?n in this situation, which already allows to resume certain activities with a lower risk of contagion and minimizes crowds.
On the other side of the reality of the pandemic in Chile, the head of the health portfolio confirmed that four new communes -Copiap?, La Calera, La Cruz and Isla de Maipo- in the center-north of the country go into quarantine phase from the next Tuesday due to the increase in cases.
"THE FIGURES CONTINUE TO IMPROVE"
Regarding the daily evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in Chile, Paris stated that "the numbers continue to improve" with a decrease of 15% in the number of new infections in the last seven days and a positivity rate of 12, 08%.
Likewise, in the last 24 hours, 2,545 new positive cases of COVID-19 were reported, totaling 341,304 since the arrival of the coronavirus in Chile on March 3.
As for the deceased, there are 76 people who lost their lives due to the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 in the last day, reaching 8,914 deaths, to which we should add 3,932 deaths "suspected" or attributable to the new coronavirus.
The hospital situation continues to improve, with 1,636 patients in intensive care units, of whom 239 are in critical condition, while the availability of mechanical ventilators reaches 527.
Despite the beginning of the opening of restrictions in some areas of the country, Chile maintains the state of emergency due to catastrophe and the night curfew, as well as the closure of the borders and maintains it at the national level, except for the three southern regions mentioned, businesses that are not essential are closed.
With almost 19 million inhabitants and more than 1.4 million PCR tests performed, Chile is the eighth country in the world with the most cases, ahead of the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain, according to John Hopkins University.
Source: EFE
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