Latin America and the Caribbean have now recorded more than 70,000 deaths due to Covid-19.
Several countries in the region are struggling to contain the outbreak — most notably Brazil, which has identified more than 772,000 cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (second only to the US), Peru and Mexico, which just reported a record daily surge in new cases.
Mexican paramedics are responding to 911 calls at an alarming rate, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the capital of Mexico City. Many have died, and others say they feel scared and unsupported by the government as they continue to respond to the state of emergency
Quarantine measures extended in Chile: Chile’s mandatory quarantine measures against coronavirus will be extended effective Friday at 10:00 p.m. local time, Chile’s health ministry said in a statement released Wednesday.
The extended measures and new additions come as Chile reports 148,496 confirmed cases and 2,475 confirmed deaths.
“Given the evolution in the number of people infected, and in conjunction with the COVID-19 committee headed by the President of the Republic, we have made the decision to implement new restrictive measures in order to contain and mitigate the propagation, avoiding the number of people infected,” the statement says, citing Chile’s Health Minister Jaime Mañalich.
