Chile’s COVID-19 Cases Surpass 90,000

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With a population barely 60% of Venezuela, Chile's barbaric neoliberal model is posting a sickness rate that outstrips even China's, and an overall rate of morbidity and death almost 100 times bigger than its embattled Latin American sister nation.  This despite the all-out destabilization war waged by Washington and its allies on the Bolivarian project. 

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The Minister of Health Jaime Manalich said that "all those who do not comply with the quarantine can be transferred, using public force, to a health residence."

The Chilean Ministry of Health announced on Friday that the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the country had risen to 90,638, with 944 deaths.

The ministry reported that 1,143 coronavirus patients are currently on ventilators, with 306 in critical condition. Authorities stated that there are another 345 ventilators available to the nation's private and public health networks.

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Health authorities said that 16,333 PCR tests were performed in the last 24 hours for a total of 546,506 tests administered since screening for the disease first began in March.

Minister of Health Jaime Manalich said that the government has arranged for the construction of 85 healthcare facilities equipped with 4,157 beds so that those diagnosed with the disease can be easily isolated.

Manalich added that "all those who do not comply with the quarantine can be transferred, using public force, to a health residence."

Additionally, the Chilean government announced that it has decided to extend the quarantine in Santiago and 38 nearby towns until June 5 due to an increase in cases in recent weeks.

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