Santiago, where seven of the 18 million Chileans live, is Chile’s main epidemic center, with 80% of contaminations and health services on the verge of collapse.
The South American country has recorded records in the past 24 hours, with 96 deaths and 6,405 contaminations, bringing the total of deaths to 2,290.
This pandemic “teaches us that we are a big family. What happens to a human being in Wuhan happens to the whole planet, to all of us. (…) There is no wall, there is no wall that can separate people “, analyzes Isabel Allende, Chilean author interviewed by AFP on her vision of the world after the pandemic.
In Peru, the second South American country in the most affected continent behind Brazil, the hospital system is also on the verge of collapse, in particular because of the lack of oxygen.
But in Brazil, the third most bereaved country in the world after the United States and the United Kingdom, the governor of Rio de Janeiro has announced the relaxation of containment measures.
The Brazilian government released divergent figures for daily deaths and contaminations on Sunday evening. A first assessment reported 1,382 additional deaths, and a second 525. The second assessment also announced nearly 19,000 contaminations, against about 12,500 in the first …
The official toll has in any case crossed the threshold of 36,000 dead, knowing that the scientific community in Brazil considers it to be much lower than reality.
New York reopens
In the United States, where anti-racism demonstrations now dominate the news, deconfinement continues.
This week, New York will enter phase 1 of the plan to reopen its economic activities, which had been shut down due to Covid-19.
This phase 1 will allow construction companies and factories in the American economic capital to return to work. Retail businesses will be allowed to reopen in a restricted form.
The toll of the last 24 hours in the United States is 691 dead, according to Johns Hopkins University, against 3,000 deaths per day at the height of the crisis.
Sick minors in Poland
In Europe, if deconfinement continues in a number of countries including France, Poland recorded a sharp rise in coronavirus infections over the weekend, with 1,151 new cases.
Among those infected, nearly two-thirds are employees of the Zofiowka coal mine in the south of the country, and members of their families.
In Spain, which has recorded 27,000 deaths but has managed to control the virus in recent weeks, the matches of the Football Championship will resume on Wednesday, after a three-month hiatus.
Quarantine in UK
In contrast, the UK, with a total of 40,542 deaths, is only slowly lifting restrictions.
Anyone arriving in the UK from abroad must observe a 14-day quarantine from Monday in order to avoid the importation of new cases of coronavirus into the country, a measure of contested effectiveness which is causing the airline sectors to panic. and tourism.
British Airways, easyJet and Ryanair airlines denounced Sunday in a joint statement a “disproportionate” and “unfair” device. They co-signed an official letter to the government on Friday, a preliminary step to possible legal action.
This fortnight, which will be reviewed by the British government every three weeks, covers all arrivals by land, sea and air, whether or not the travelers reside in the United Kingdom.
As a way out, the government of Boris Johnson is considering establishing air bridges with certain tourist destinations, such as France or Spain, which would make it possible to bypass the quarantine.
Good news from New Zealand on Monday: the last patient who was still in isolation was released. “Having no active cases for the first time since February 28 is certainly an important milestone in our journey,” said Department of Health Director General Ashley Bloomfield.
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