The Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, ruled out in conversation with The Cooperative Diary that there is a “stagnation” of new cases of Covid-19 in Chile, rejecting -in addition- that traceability in Chile is at 30 percent.
Given the analyzes that point to a “stagnation”, the Secretary of State remarked that “today we have 1,371 new cases only, yesterday we had 1,400. It is not true that there is a stagnation“.
???? “It is not true that there is a stagnation in new cases” says Minister Paris
It states that there is a 21% drop in MR, but that there are outbreaks difficult to manage in Magallanes, Ñuble, Aysén
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“At the level of the Metropolitan Region – he added – there is a persistent decline. Today we have only 357 cases, yesterday we had 453 and before yesterday about 500, the decline in the region is at least 21 percent.”
However, he acknowledged that “we have outbreaks difficult to manage in Magallanes, in Ñuble, in Aysén (…) in all other regions we have a decrease“.
“There has likely been stagnation, but this minute we are going down“, said Paris, although he admitted to fear that with the step from quarantine to” transition “in the” Step by step “plan” we are going to have an increase (in cases), that is inevitable. “
“Today WHO (@who) publishes that Chile is an example of how testing and traceability have been carried out “.
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– Ministry of Health (@ministeriosalud) August 26, 2020
Paris also he ruled out that there are sectors in which traceability is 30 percent: “It is not true.”
Citing the latest Epidemiological Report, he indicated that “on the page indicators by region, between August 15 and 21, traceability for Arica and Parinacota in the index cases is 84 percent, in Coquimbo 79 percent, in Metropolitana 88 percent. percent, in O’Higgins 68 percent, in Ñuble 100 percent “, and that
“We have to admit it: we failed, we put a little bit on traceability and now we know that the most important thing is traceability, not just testing (…) There we had some small delays that we are improving widely, because we have a very high active search and we have a notification opportunity close to 95 percent, “he said.
“At that point we had weaknesses, but we are gaining strength,” acknowledged the head of Minsal, stating that “Today the WHO (World Health Organization) publishes that Chile is an example in the matter of how it has managed to lift testing and traceability“.
[En vivo] Minister Paris: At the level of the Metropolitan Region there is a consistent decline; Today we have only 357 cases, yesterday we had 453 and before yesterday about 500, the drop is at least 21% #CooperativeInHome https://t.co/eJtxSLNePP
– Cooperative (@Cooperative) August 26, 2020
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