COVID-19 pandemic in Chile

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Chile on March 2020.[1]

COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
COVID-19 Outbreak Cases in Chile (cases per region).svg
Map of regions with confirmed cases (as of 12 May):      1–9 confirmed     10–99 confirmed     100–499 confirmed     500–999 confirmed     1000–9999 confirmed     ≥10000 confirmed
DiseaseCOVID-19
LocationChile
Index caseTalca
Arrival date3 March 2020
(4 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Confirmed cases34,381
Recovered14,865
Deaths
347
Government website
minsal.cl: Nuevo Coronavirus COVID-19

As of March 2020 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

References

  1. 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. 
  2. "Confirman primer caso de coronavirus en Chile: paciente está en Talca". 24Horas.cl (in español). 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. Esposa de médico con coronavirus también está contagiada. https://www.chvnoticias.cl/trending/esposa-segundo-caso-coronavirus-chile_20200304/. Retrieved 4 March 2020. 
  4. "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. 
  5. "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.