Total quarantine in Chile despite the fact that 60% of the population has been vaccinated

Chile announced full quarantine in Santiago and the O’Higgins region to contain the escalation of COVID-19 infections and prevent the collapse of health, despite the fact that 60% of the population is vaccinated.

This Thursday, the government of Sebastien Piñera announced that as of Saturday June 12, the entire Santiago metropolitan region and the O’Higgins region (in the center of the country) will return to total quarantine due to the increase in cases, deaths and hospitalizations from the coronavirus.

The government of the Trans-Andean country made this decision due to the escalation of infections and the detection of new Delta strain detected in Argentina and Peru. This is the second total containment in four months, the last decreed on March 18 due to a resurgence of the pandemic. The metropolitan area leads the positivity rate above the national average, with 12%. It also records 98% occupancy of intensive care beds.

The worsening pandemic in Chile is striking given that it has the 60% of its population vaccinated with at least one dose of the inoculant against COVID-19, and even has a “mobility pass for the vaccinated”, which allows the free movement of people with their completed vaccination schedule, which has also been restricted according to the announcements this Thursday.

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The COVID-19 figures in Chile

According to the report of the Ministry of Health on Thursday, June 10, the neighboring country has 7,716 new cases (5,396 symptomatic cases, 1,735 asymptomatic cases and 585 not notified), reaching a total of 1,453,478 detected cases of coronavirus, including 45,774 are active and 1,376,335 recovered.

The deceased of the date are 198 of a total of 30,339 so far in the pandemic.

CDI CP