Concern in Chile over its main source of contagion

The Minister of Health of Chile, Enrique Paris, assured that the health authorities of this country are “concerned” by the Regin Metropolitana. Due to the growth of positive cases, it is the main focus of infection and already marks a “critical level” of covid-19 pandemic in this nation.

“Today, the data shows us that the metropolitan area is at a critical level and growing at levels we haven’t seen in a long time,” the official said.

Segn confirms Paris, “Infections are only down in five regions of the country, but their cases are increasing in 11 regions of the country.”

Another worrying clue is the increase in active cases observed in some municipalities of the metropolitan region, as Santiago Centro, Puente Alto and La Florida.

In the country there are 10,057 active cases, that is, they are people who can infect other people.

This recent increase caused the whole of the Chilean capital to regress towards phase 2 of the transition, Step by step planbecause “it is time to make decisions and those decisions must be made now to try to stop further spread of this virus”.

The return to transition began on Thursday, when mandatory weekend quarantines returned. The government has authorized a one-time permit for people outside the capital to return.

For the Under-Secretary for Health, Paula Daza, the increase in cases in Santiago and other parts of Chile is due to the fact that “there is a loosening of the whole community and more interaction between people in the streets and this has increased the number of infections “.