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Marcelo Montecinos/The Santiago Times Staff While Chile continues to climb the Covid-19 worldwide charts for contagion and deaths, its president, Sebastian Piñera, throws caution, and…
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Chile overtakes Italy as 8th country with highest number of COVID-19 cases
SANTIAGO – The combined number of patients who have diagnosed with the novel coronavirus in Chile has reached to 242,355, some four thousand more cases…
COVID-19: Chile surpasses Germany and Iran to become 9th worst-hit country in the world
SANTIAGO – Chile on Thursday overtook Germany and Iran to become the 9th country with highest number of coronavirus cases in the world. The Ministry…
Chile tightens coronavirus lockdowns as national tally tops 220,000
Ross Brown/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Chile on Wednesday tightened the lockdowns in capital Santiago as the South American surpassed 220,000 cases of the…
Chile: Tiltil mayor dies days after COVID-19 infection
SANTIAGO – Chilean authorities have confirmed the death of Nelson Orellana, the mayor of Tiltil, who had previously been reported as infected with the coronavirus….
Chile exceeds 3,100 deaths, records 6,509 new cases of COVID-19
SANTIAGO – The Ministry of Health on Saturday released a new balance on the situation of the coronavirus in Chile, reporting a total of 231…
Chile’s health minister resigns as coronavirus tally surpasses 167,000
SANTIAGO – President Sebastián Piñera, in a surprise cabinet change, replaced Health Minister Jaime Mañalich on Saturday amid controversy over the country’s figures for deaths…
Chile announces national strategy to get COVID-19 vaccine
SANTIAGO – The Minister of Science, Andrés Couve, announced Friday that the Chilean government is developing a national strategy for vaccine COVID-19 once it is developed. During a…
With over 160,000 COVID-19 cases, Chile surpasses France to become 12th worst-hit country in the world
SANTIAGO – Chile on Friday surpassed France to become the 12th most affected nation in the world, with more than 160,000 cases of COVID-19 infection…
Chile reports 5,596 new cases, 173 new deaths from COVID-19
Ross Brown/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Chile’s Ministry of Health on Thursday stated that in the last 24 hours 173 people died, reaching a…