COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Chile on March 2020.[1]
COVID-19 pandemic in Chile | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Location | Chile |
Index case | Talca |
Arrival date | 3 March 2020 (4 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 4 days) |
Confirmed cases | 34,381 |
Recovered | 14,865 |
Deaths | 347 |
Government website | |
minsal.cl: Nuevo Coronavirus COVID-19 |
As of March 2020[update] there is a COVID-19 outbreak in Chile. The country passed a thousand confirmed cases on 25 March 2020.
First cases
On 3 March, The Minister of Public Health confirmed the first case of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Chile, thus making the country the fifth in Latin America to report such an instance after Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador and Argentina.[2]
The next day, two more cases were confirmed.[3]
Responses
On 13 March, President Sebastián Piñera announced a ban on public events with more than 500 people, as the government tries to control the spread of coronavirus.[4] A week later, he announced a state emergency.[5]
COVID-19 Pandemic In Chile Media
The President and Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile using protective masks.
COVID-19 vaccination program in Santiago.
For the first time since its creation, science observations at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) were paused as most of its staff were moved to their homes to avoid infection.
References
- ↑ Chile records first confirmed case of coronavirus: health ministry. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-chile/chile-records-first-confirmed-case-of-coronavirus-health-ministry-idUSKBN20Q2UU. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ↑ "Confirman primer caso de coronavirus en Chile: paciente está en Talca". 24Horas.cl (in español). 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ↑ Esposa de médico con coronavirus también está contagiada. https://www.chvnoticias.cl/trending/esposa-segundo-caso-coronavirus-chile_20200304/. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ "Chile bans large public events over coronavirus fears, ahead of planned protests". reuters (reuters.com) (Mar2020). 15 March 2020. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-chile/chile-bans-large-public-events-over-coronavirus-fears-ahead-of-planned-protests-idUSKBN21102N. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ↑ "Coronavirus en Chile: Piñera decreta estado de catástrofe por 90 días" (in es-ES). Oasis FM (oasisfm.cl) (Mar2020). https://oasisfm.cl/oasis-hoy/coronavirus-en-chile-pinera-decreta-estado-de-catastrofe-por-90-dias. Retrieved 18 March 2020.