Tag: Jaime Mañalich

• 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.

• 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.

• Wednesday, May 20th 2020 - 08:54 UTC

  Chilean army sent to contain hungry mobs in poor neighborhoods of Santiago

  

  Coronavirus cases soared in Chile on Tuesday as soldiers were deployed to back up riot police in Santiago following clashes with demonstrators angry about food shortages and job losses.

• Thursday, May 14th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  Chile orders total quarantine for Santiago's population following a virus peak of infections

  

  Chile ordered a mandatory total quarantine for the capital Santiago's seven million people on Wednesday, after authorities reported a 60% spike in coronavirus infections in 24 hours, dealing a stunning blow to hopes the economy would soon reopen.

• Tuesday, May 5th 2020 - 06:37 UTC

  Chile ordered new quarantine measures for three districts of Santiago

  

  Chile ordered strict new quarantine measures on three districts in the capital Santiago after a sudden spike in coronavirus cases on Sunday. The health ministry reported a surge of 1,228 new infections, bringing the total to nearly 20,000 nationwide and dealing a blow to hopes it was over the worst of the crisis.

• Monday, April 20th 2020 - 08:32 UTC

  Chile: controversy over alleged donation of Chinese ventilators to combat COVID-19

  

  Chile is expecting China to donate ventilators to help cope with the coronavirus outbreak, a government official said on Sunday, contradicting earlier statements by China's ambassador to Chile that he was unaware of such a shipment.

• Thursday, March 26th 2020 - 08:25 UTC

  Pandemic: total lockdown in Colombia; Chile extends schools closure until May

  

  Countries across Latin America tightened measures on Wednesday to halt the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus, with more lockdowns and school closures as well as increased aid to the region's poorest.

• Monday, March 16th 2020 - 11:15 UTC

  Chile quarantines 1.300 people aboard two cruise vessels

  

  Chile has quarantined more than 1,300 people aboard two cruise ships after an elderly Briton aboard one of them tested positive for the coronavirus, the health ministry announced on Saturday. Both ships are cruising the Chilean fjords in Patagonia.

• Thursday, November 28th 2013 - 20:51 UTC

  Poor ratings for Chile in health care and pensions' system, according to OECD

  

  Two biannual reports revealed Chile as one of the countries with the worst pension statistics and the highest citizen out-of-pocket expenditure on health among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) nations.

• Saturday, July 6th 2013 - 07:01 UTC

  H1N1 influenza virus outbreak in north Chile; government considering decreeing ‘health alert’

  

  Eleven people have died from the H1N1 influenza virus in northern Chile in an outbreak that the health minister raised the possibility of decreeing a health alert to restrict people's mobility.