translated from Spanish: Health said WHO and PAHO “applauded” Chile’s strategy and that case-growing measures will be strengthened in communes in transition

Health Ministry authorities assured that isolation and tracebaility strategy will be strengthened, after some communes that moved to the “transition” phase increased the number of cases. Undersecretary of Health Paula Daza noted that in the Metropolitan Region, in the last 7 days there was a decrease of 12% and 23% in the last 14 days. In Auñoa and La Reina, meanwhile, some of the communes that increased their numbers after advancing the decon confinement, Daza said that by the active search 58% of the new cases have been detected, while in La Reina, the figure has been 49%. “We find it important to continue to increase isolation and strengthen the strategy,” said Daza, who also announced that oversights will be increased at the communal boundaries, to prevent the relocation of quarantined citizens to transition areas. The Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, opened the balance sheet stating that “we are in no way going backwards” and then referred to the sayings of members of the Icovid platform, developed by the universities of Chile, Catholic and Concepción, which contains data from the Minsal and the Ministry of Science, but which differs in some of the figures with the official report.” On Wednesday at a meeting held by Minsal through Dr. Rafael Araos (head of Minsal Epidemiology) with WHO and PAHO, by showing our data they applauded Chile’s strategy and said it should be imitated by other countries,” Said Paris On the Difference in Numbers, the Health Holder said that “if we have a difference with other pauises we will review them” and reported that the rectors of the universities of Chile and , asked for a meeting “to review the results of this collaborative study.”

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