COVID-19 pandemic in Chile

The COVID-19 pandemic is occurring in Chile as part of the global COVID-19 pandemic that began in China in December 2019. The pandemic affects the novel disease COVID-19 . This is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus from the Coronaviridae group and belongs to the group of respiratory diseases . From March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified the outbreak of the novel coronavirus as a global pandemic.

course

On March 3, 2020, the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Chile. A pediatrician had returned with his wife on February 25 from a month-long trip to Asia and on March 1 went to the emergency room of a hospital in Talca with a high fever . This case first appeared in the WHO situation reports on March 4, 2020. On March 4, the first COVID-19 infection was announced in the capital, Santiago de Chile : A doctor from the German hospital in the metropolis fell ill after returning from a trip to northern Italy. By March 8, the number of confirmed cases of infection in the country rose to eight, including, in addition to contact persons for the two doctors in Talca and Santiago, a man from Puerto Montt , who returned from Spain on March 3, and a woman from Las Condes who had received a visit from infected relatives from New York.

As of April 22, 2020, the WHO had confirmed 10,832 COVID-19 cases and 147 deaths in Chile. In May 2020, the number of new infections every day rose sharply; As of May 31, 2020 there were 94,858 cases and 997 fatalities. After a peak of almost 7,000 new infections every day in mid-June, the number slowly declined; As of July 31, Chile reported 353,536 cases and 9,377 deaths to WHO.

On July 6, 2020, Chile had the highest rate of infection per 100,000 people in the world.

activities

In Chile, too, the spread of COVID-19 led to increased entry controls, health checks and entry bans. Since March 18, 2020, Chile has closed its air, sea and land borders to the entry of foreigners. Foreign nationals with a residence permit resident in Chile are excluded. All those entering the country are “isolated at home” for 14 days, even if there are no symptoms of COVID-19 disease and there has been no contact with an infected person.

As of July 16, 2020, the entry ban and quarantine measures continued. There is a general nightly curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Further curfews were imposed for individual cities or provinces, in particular for the capital Santiago de Chile.

In detail, the following measures were ordered:

• Mask requirement in public transport, in cable cars and lifts as well as u. a. in supermarkets, pharmacies, hotels and health facilities if there are 10 or more people there;

• General curfew for people aged 75 and over throughout Chile;

• Closure of kindergartens and schools;

• Closure of cinemas, theaters, restaurants, pubs, discos, fitness rooms and sports facilities;

• Prohibition of public events with more than 50 people;

• Ban on visits to nursing homes;

• Ban on cruise ships entering Chilean ports from March 15 to September 30, 2020.

statistics

The number of cases developed during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile as follows:

Infections

Confirmed infections (cumulative) in Chile
according to WHO data

New infections in Chile
according to WHO data

Deaths

Confirmed deaths (cumulative) in Chile
according to WHO data

Confirmed deaths (daily) in Chile
according to WHO data

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Cases reported to WHO by national authorities are listed here. Since the situation is very dynamic, there may be discrepancies or delays between the cases of the WHO and the data of national authorities as well as the information provided by other bodies, such as the Johns Hopkins University (CSSE).

Web links

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• World Health Organization (WHO): Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports on the website www.who.int (English)
• Johns Hopkins CSSE : Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases. (English)
• Website World of Meters : real-time data of the Corona virus pandemic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pulmonologists on the net: Covid-19: Causes . Online at www.lungenaerzte-im-netz.de. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
2. ↑ Tagesschau: "Deeply worried". WHO speaks of corona pandemic . March 11, 2020. Online at www.tagesschau.de. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
3. ↑ Patricia Schüller Gamboa: Confirman primer caso de coronavirus en Chile: paciente tiene 33 años y se encuentra internado en hospital de Talca. In: La Nación. March 3, 2020, accessed March 3, 2020 (Spanish). 
4. ↑ Confirman primer caso de coronavirus en Chile: paciente está en Talca ( es ) March 3, 2020.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Situation reports. In: who.int. Retrieved April 22, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Chile confirmó un tercer caso de coronavirus. Infobae, March 4, 2020, accessed March 5, 2020 (Spanish). 
7. ↑ Ricardo Pérez Vallejos: Clínica Alemana confirmó que el tercer caso de coronavirus en Chile es uno de sus médicos. In: La Nación. March 5, 2020, accessed March 5, 2020 (Spanish). 
8. ↑ Rodrigo Pérez Maldonado: En Puerto Montt confirman séptimo caso de coronavirus in Chile. In: La Nación. March 7, 2020, accessed March 8, 2020 (Spanish). 
9. ↑ Sebastián Asencio Rivera: Confirman octavo caso de Coronavirus COVID-19 en Chile: es una persona de 83 años. In: Radio Biobio. March 8, 2020, accessed March 8, 2020 (Spanish). 
10. ↑ Coronavirus - infection rate by country. Retrieved July 8, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Travel and safety information from the Federal Foreign Office on Chile from May 29, 2020
12. ↑ Information from the German Embassy in Santiago on measures and restrictions on movement of the Chilean government from July 2, 2020
13. ↑ ^{a b c d} Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports. WHO, accessed June 3, 2020 .