[News] Covid infections rise 22% in the last week in the country and Paris warns that young people "are transmitting the virus a lot"

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The Health Minister affirmed that "we are very concerned" about the evolution of the pandemic and reinforced the call for self-care.

 

 

SANTIAGO.- The Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, acknowledged the concern in the portfolio due to the increase in coronavirus infections that are being registered in the country in recent days and weeks. During the balance of this Saturday, the authority reported that "the confirmed cases, unfortunately, at the national level show an increase of 22% in the last seven days, and an increase of 26% in the last fourteen days; and obviously we are very worried. "

 

He added that "we had anticipated this situation and, well in advance, we gave notice and we were showing our concern every time there were increases; in fact, the undersecretary of Healthcare Networks prepared a special study with various scenarios." "Therefore, I ask you to continue making efforts so that these figures do not continue to increase," said the minister, who commented that the current numbers of the pandemic are similar to those at the beginning of the peak of cases in the month of June.

 

He recalled that "the most important thing is the use of the mask", since "the aerosol is the most important way in which the virus spreads." "That is, not wearing a mask and coughing, talking on the phone, smoking, is the way the virus is transmitted," she stressed. He pointed out that in European countries "at this minute it is even being recommended to use a mask inside homes, when there are a large number of people." He also insisted on physical distancing and hand washing or the use of alcohol gel, pointing out that these behaviors "are the only vaccine we have at the moment." The minister also directly summoned young people, stating that "unfortunately, young people are transmitting the virus a lot." "They go to parties, they go to film reels, they go out to drink alcohol, they don't wear a mask, sometimes they get infected and they infect their older adults," he said.