Chile

• Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 09:56 UTC

  Chile doubles coronavirus death toll to over 7,000 with new tallying method

  

  Chile nearly doubled its reported coronavirus death toll Saturday to more than 7,000 under a new tallying method that includes probable fatalities from COVID-19. The toll thus increased by 3,069, Rafael Araos of the health ministry said as he explained the new government counting methodology.

• Friday, June 19th 2020 - 11:46 UTC

  Exploding cases of Covid-19 in Chilean copper mines, claim workers' union

  

  Unionized copper mine workers in Chile asked to be included in a dialogue between companies and the government to address the exploding coronavirus crisis in the world´s top producer of the red metal.

• Thursday, June 18th 2020 - 13:30 UTC

  Chile heading for its worst economic contraction in 35 years, central bank

  

  The Chilean central bank said on Wednesday that the economy of the world’s top copper producer would contract between 5.5% and 7.5% in 2020, taking it to the lowest levels since the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  Chile's government agrees with opposition US$ 12bn stimulus package

  

  Chile’s government reached a deal with opposition lawmakers for a US$ 12 billion stimulus package over the weekend as infections hit a record and the health minister quit.

• Tuesday, June 16th 2020 - 08:27 UTC

  Chilean government extends state of catastrophe for 90 days faced with dramatic increase of Covid-19 contagion

  

  Chile´s government said on Monday it would extend a state of catastrophe in place since mid-March by 90 days as cases of coronavirus in the country have surged.

• Monday, June 15th 2020 - 08:18 UTC

  Chilean copper miners warn of alarming increase in Covid-19 cases and threaten to walk off the job

  

  Chilean copper miners' unions called on Sunday for a re-evaluation of the operational continuity plans of the country's biggest miners during what they said was an “alarming” increase in coronavirus cases among workers.

• Monday, June 15th 2020 - 07:20 UTC

  New coronavirus victim in Chile: the Health minister over difference in death toll numbers

  

  Chile's health minister resigned on Saturday amid controversy over the country's official coronavirus death toll, as the pandemic hits the nation hard despite quarantine measures in the capital for more than a month. The departure of Jaime Mañalich was announced by President Sebastian Piñera.

• Saturday, June 13th 2020 - 07:20 UTC

  Chile's metropolitan region overwhelmed by the pandemic; half the country in strict confinement

  

  Chile registered its worst daily figures for coronavirus fatalities on Friday, with 222 deaths and more than 6,700 new infections in the previous 24-hours, authorities said.

• Wednesday, June 10th 2020 - 14:33 UTC

  Chilean feminists reject the newly appointed Woman and Gender minister

  

  Chile’s women and gender minister, a great-niece of the late dictator Augusto Pinochet, has resigned after just a month following a furious backlash to her appointment and a string of missteps in office.

• Monday, June 8th 2020 - 11:17 UTC

  Chile reviews deaths' database, resulting in an increase in Covid 19 fatalities

  

  Chile revised its death toll linked to the novel coronavirus outbreak sharply higher on Sunday, adding fatalities from databases that previously had not been included.