translated from Spanish: Undersecretary Daza called for caution in increasing number of cases in recent days

As indicated by the Undersecretary of Public Health, Paula Daza during the report of the coronavirus situation in the country “we have seen in the last two days an increase in the number of cases which we have to look at very cautiously” and raised that this situation could be due “to an effect of the 18 September festivities where those days people did not consult or take tests and , therefore, it may be due to the fact that during the week these people consulted and this effect occurred in increasing the number of cases.” Undersecretary Daza stressed that “today we have reached a record number of exams, yesterday there were more than 38 thousand PCR exams reported throughout the country”, adding that positivity reached 6% nationally, while in the Metropolitan Region it reached 5%. Meanwhile, the Undersecretary of Assistance Networks, Arturo Zúñiga, recalled that from Monday there will be many communes, mainly in the Metropolitan Region, that advance in the Paso a Paso, which is why he called for a call to keep in mind that “moving one step does not mean that the virus has disappeared but that on the contrary, the virus is in all regions of the country and will be for quite a few more months”. In this regard, the Undersecretary noted that it is important to “follow the recommendations of the World Health Organization, i.e. learn to live with this coronavirus, learn how to wear masks permanently, wash our hands frequently throughout the day, and physical isolation.”

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