translated from Spanish: Amid mobility pass controversy, Epidemiological Report confirms critical MRI situation in COVID-19 contagions

While the Government insists on the controversial “mobility pass”, despite the opinion of specialists and the Medical College, the Epidemiological Report known today confirmed the complex situation facing the country, especially the Metropolitan Region, in the area of COVID-19 contagions.
According to the report, the 52 communes of the Metropolitan Region have more than 100 active cases per 100 thousand inhabitants and five of them exceed one thousand contagions: Puente Alto (2,048), Maipú (1,211), Florida (1,181), Santiago (1,041) and Peñalolén (1,013).
The report indicates that 22,882 people can spread the virus in the Metropolitan Region, which continues over the 20,000 confirmed and probable active contagions, a barrier overcome since last May 15 report.
The data confirm the fears of the experts, who over the past few days have sounded alarms about the containment of the pandemic and questioned the government’s implementation of measures such as the mobility pass, which has been in place since today. “Let’s not be amazed if we then have high numbers of contagion despite vaccination,” former health minister Alvaro Erazo warned today.
However, the Executive has been adamant to maintain his view and indeed the Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, defended this afternoon before the Health Committee of the Chamber of Meps and Deputies the new instrument designed by the Government, appealing, as a main argument, to the progress of the vaccination process in the country. “The differences are discussed and believe me that it is not simple and there has been high discussion, but we think this measure is a good option and in no case is a ‘free chipe’,” he said.
However, Paris admitted that MRI numbers are not positive. “We are clear that several regions of Chile are going down. They are all down, the point is that the Metropolitan Region is still very predominant and influences the numbers,” he said.

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But MRI is not the only focus of concern. The situation in Aysén is also concerned: the region still has the highest asset rate in the country and recorded a record number of spreaders, doubling the figure it had at the beginning of the month.
Nationally, meanwhile, 311 communes have a rate of more than one hundred contagions. This equates to 89.9% of the total communes in the country.
In addition, the highest cumulative incidence rates per 100 thousand inhabitants, according to laboratory-confirmed cases, are found in the Magellan (17,009.2), Tarapacá (11,595.1) and Los Ríos (10,253,7) regions.

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