COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
| COVID-19 pandemic in Chile | |
|---|---|
.svg) Map of regions with confirmed cases (as of 12 May): 1–9 confirmed 10–99 confirmed 100–499 confirmed 500–999 confirmed 1000–9999 confirmed ≥10000 confirmed | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Chile |
| Index case | Talca |
| Arrival date | 3 March 2020 (4 years, 1 month, 3 weeks and 1 day) |
| Confirmed cases | 34,381 |
| Recovered | 14,865 |
Deaths | 347 |
| Government website | |
| minsal.cl: Nuevo Coronavirus COVID-19 | |
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Chile on March 2020.[1]
As of March 2020[update] there is a COVID-19 outbreak in Chile. The country passed a thousand confirmed cases on 25 March 2020.
First cases[change | change source]
On 3 March, The Minister of Public Health confirmed the first case of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Chile, thus making the country the fifth in Latin America to report such an instance after Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador and Argentina.[2]
The next day, two more cases were confirmed.[3]
Responses[change | change source]
On 13 March, President Sebastián Piñera announced a ban on public events with more than 500 people, as the government tries to control the spread of coronavirus.[4] A week later, he announced a state emergency.[5]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Chile records first confirmed case of coronavirus: health ministry". Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ↑ "Confirman primer caso de coronavirus en Chile: paciente está en Talca". 24Horas.cl (in Spanish). 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ↑ "Esposa de médico con coronavirus también está contagiada". Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ "Chile bans large public events over coronavirus fears, ahead of planned protests". reuters. No. Mar2020. reuters.com. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ↑ "Coronavirus en Chile: Piñera decreta estado de catástrofe por 90 días". Oasis FM (in European Spanish). No. Mar2020. oasisfm.cl. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
