translated from Spanish: Mayors call on government ‘more drastic measures’ to advance the coronavirus

The Minister of Health confirmed that he will convene a social table by Covid-19, where the mayors and also the Medical College will be present. The information was released after a meeting in La Moneda, where the communal chiefs were present. In this sense, it was the mayor of Puente Alto, Germán Codina, who assured that “the Government has asked the Government to be more drastic. The cost of coronavirus cannot be paid with lives,” adding that “the most important thing is to work together for the good of Chile.” For his part, the community chief of Central Station, said that “we made it clear to the President that our proposal is not a curfew, but a quarantine that secures the food distribution chain, medicines and vaccination. A progressive quarantine has been defined,” he replied. For his part, the Minister of Health, Jaime Mañalich, insisted that “the most important issue is that mayors consider that there is a shortfall in information”, adding that “the sanitary cordon, restricting entry and exit in certain places, is a measure that we are already taking into this progressive quarantine.” It also stated that there is a next level, which would be to decree a “24-hour curfew” in the following months, as contagion “has no vision to improve”.

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