translated from Spanish: 83-year-old Covid-19 woman dies

83-year-old woman is the first to die in Chile by coronavirus. According to the Minister of Health, Jaime Mañalich, he is a person “prostrate, in which he opted for compassionate management.” We have to regret the first death in Chile by COVID19. 83-year-old woman, prostrate, opting for compassionate management,” the Minister of Health said on her twitter account. The older adult, who lived in Renca, suffered from multiple pathologies, including chronic obstructive pulmonary difficulty, so she was prostrate. After symptoms of suspicion, on 17 March he consulted an emergency department in the commune, then the examination confirmed that he had the virus, so Mañalich detailed. On Wednesday 18 she presented more serious discomfort, so she was hospitalized at the Hospital San Juan de Dios. As a result of gravity, paleative measures were taken, dying today past noon. At the beginning of the month the woman shared a family celebration, with at least 20 people, where a young member came from abroad and who finally tested positive with Covid-19. With regard to the funerals of this woman, the holder of the Minsal indicated that this will be done under the usual conditions, with the proper safeguards for the staff of the funeral home in charge. Asked whether this case will bring the Government’s plan back, the minister stated that “this situation, in the case of a family clan, should not change our conduct.” The health authority also ruled out, for example, a general quarantine for Renca, since it reiterated that recoil that resteet that resteet.

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