During the press conference on Saturday in which he announced the extension of quarantine until next Sunday, June 7, Alberto Fernández again resorted to a series of graphics to explain the health situation and the progress of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). The problem is that in one of the films that compared Argentine reality to that of other countries, there was erroneous data that aroused criticism.
Chile’s ambassador to Argentina, Nicolás Monckeberg Díaz, went out to disprofe the national government for the statistics disseminated when comparing mortality rates. At this point, the president stated in Quinta de Olivos that Argentina has a lethality rate of 9.8% per 100,000 inhabitants, while Chile’s is 98.4%. But Monckeberg Díaz corrected it: “I must rectify error in information published by @CasaRosada at a recent press point. The death rate in Chile is 3.5 x 100 thousand inhabitants and not 98.5”.
I must rectify error in information published by @CasaRosada at a recent press point. The death rate in Chile is 3.5 x100 thousand inhabitants and not 98.5 as indicated by the following graphic that showed: (I open thread) pic.twitter.com/0uUFO5Tta7— Nicolás Monckeberg Díaz (@nmonckeberg)
May 24, 2020
From this situation, from the Ministry of Health of the Nation they clarified what happened. “Clarification is needed regarding the information presented yesterday: The mortality rate is expressed per million inhabitants, not 100,000. While the mortality and incidence rates are correct, there is an error in each country’s labeling,” they posted from the Health Portfolio Twitter account.Y added: “Beyond this unintentional error in the published charts, we want to make it clear that Argentina’s epidemiological situation in the regional framework was properly reported.” For this management, transparency is a priority. We can make mistakes, but we don’t accept or validate lies. Our apologies to the countries mentioned and to the Argentinians and Argentines. We will continue to work with the same commitment,” the ministry’s message concluded.
Beyond this unintentional error in the published charts, we want to make it clear that Argentina’s epidemiological situation in the regional framework was adequately reported.—Ministry of Health of the Nation (@msalnacion)
May 24, 2020
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