Tag: Enrique Paris

• Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  COVID-19 starts decline in Chile, minister says

  

  Chile's Health Minister Enrique Paris Monday said contagion of COVID-19 had already rached its peak Feb. 11 when 38,446 new cases were recorded, but it has been dropping ever since.

• Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:16 UTC

  Chile to start applying fourth dose of COVID-19 vax in 2022

  

  Chilean health authorities Thursday announced a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine is to be administered to people over 60 years old, while a survey has shown an overwhelming support for mandatory vaccination at workplaces.

• Monday, November 15th 2021 - 14:18 UTC

  COVID-19 cases back on the rise in Chile

  

  Chilean health authorities have reported the country is at its highest level of active cases in four months after the weekend. In this scenario, Health Minister Enrique Paris, has once again underlined the importance of preventive testing shead of the presidential, parliamentary and regional elections scheduled for Nov. 21.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Parts of Chile back under COVID-19 restrictions amid growing number of infections

  

  Chile's capital Santiago and 14 other communes nearby communes are to return to phase 3 of the national Government's contingency plan, following 929 COVID-19 infections detected in the last 24 hours, out of a total of 1,677 nationwide, it was announced Monday.

• Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 07:47 UTC

  Chinese lab Sinovac lands in Chile to pack and manufacture vaccines locally

  

  Chinese laboratory Sinovac Wednesday announced it will build a plant in Chile to locally distribute 60 million yearly doses of the Coronavac vaccine against COVID-19 with which to supply other Latin American countries.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2021 - 09:58 UTC

  Four cases of community transmission of Delta variant confirmed in Chile

  

  Chilean health authorities have confirmed four cases of community transmission of the coronavirus Delta variant, it was announced Monday.

• Friday, June 25th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  First case of Delta coronavirus variant detected in Chile

  

  Chilean authorities have confirmed Thursday the detection of the first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. It was a 43-year-old woman who arrived from the United States and who is now under isolation in the southern city of Talca.

• Friday, June 11th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Santiago de Chile Metropolitan Region back under full quarantine

  

  The Chilean Government has announced Thursday that the Santiago Metropolitan Area will return to full quarantine as of this Friday in light of the increase in coronavirus infections.

• Friday, June 4th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Chile stops 2nd dose of AstraZeneca vaccine as case of thrombosis detected

  

  Chilean health authorities Thursday decided to halt until further notice the anti-covid-19 vaccination of people under 45 years of age with the second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca immunizer following the occurrence of one case of thrombosis and thrombocytopenia.

• Thursday, October 22nd 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Chilean voting centers on Sunday will de disinfected with copper nanoparticles

  

  Chile, the world’s largest producer of copper, will use nanoparticles of the metal to disinfect voting centers ahead of this weekend’s referendum on changing the constitution, the government said Wednesday.