Sputnik V vaccine cleared to land in Chile
Chile’s Public Security Institute (ISP) Wednesday authorized the emergency use of the Russian anticoronavirus Sputnik V vaccine by 5 votes in favour, two abstentions and…
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Chile protests against police killing of street juggler turn violent
A police van was set on fire as hundreds of people took to the streets in the Chilean capital on Friday in fresh protests against…
Chile leads Latin America vaccine charge as it hits millionth jab
Chile hit the one million mark in COVID-19 vaccinations on Tuesday, putting the small but wealthy Andean nation at the forefront of the region’s inoculation…
COVID-19: 34% of reported cases are asymptomatic at the national level
Carlos Colomer/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – The Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, highlighted that according to the COVID-19 report of last November 7, “1,568…
Letter to Editor: Strange Civic Disobedience
Dennis Fitzgerald Today I went to the library to pick up a book, the John Bolton book “The Room Where It Happened: A White House…
Biden pleads US folks to wear masks and names Covid-19 scientific task force
President-elect Joe Biden on Monday made an urgent plea for Americans to wear masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus, declaring that “a mask…
Biden beats Trump to become next President, projects American media
WASHINGTON – Four days after a bitterly contested presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, America on Saturday still awaited definitive results, with the…
Chile launches Covid-19 Plan at Minera Los Pelambres
Ben Anson/The Santiago Times Staff COQUIMBO – In the midst of an increase in infections throughout the different countries of the world, the undersecretary of…
Piñera announces vaccination plan for 14 million Chileans
SANTIAGO – Chile president Sebastián Piñera has announced how the vaccination plan will be in the South American country after the arrival of 6,000 doses…
Chile announces new COVID-19 protocols for public beaches
First and foremost: to prevent infections, the use of a mask is mandatory. By Benjamin Anson / The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Chile’s…