On Saturday, April 24, The Chilean Ministry of Health reported that 552 confirmed cases were reported in Chile and a total of seven deaths were reported in Chile. The total figure managed by the Chilean government is almost 13,000 infected and more than half recovered. Meanwhile, the number of fatalities is 181.Sebastián Piñera, the Chilean president, has prepared a plan to resume work and school activities progressively. According to report, they will gradually return to normal and divided into stages. The exceptions of the equation will be, the risk groups: pregnant women, elderly and chronically ill. This plan, in addition to basic recommendations, will include mass testing and the “Carnet COVID-19” which, according to Health Minister Jaime Mañalich: “It is an instrument that identifies people who have the highest probability already had coronavirus disease and are immune to acquiring a new disease, to re-inject and are not able to transmit the disease to others”.
Jaime Mañalich, Minister of Health of Chile.
The Chilean representative said he was concerned about the next pandemic: the recession, “which will be the hardest in a hundred years.” Unemployment data confirm that more than 300.00 unemployed were recorded in March alone, and if they did not stick to the proposed plan, the number would rise to more than one million pimps.
