- Title: Chile quarantines 1.3 million people in Santiago due to coronavirus
- Date: 25th March 2020
- Summary: SANTIAGO, CHILE (MARCH 25, 2020) (REUTERS) VARIOUS, PEOPLE SHOPPING AT OUTDOOR MARKET
- Embargoed: 9th April 2020 00:35
- Keywords: Chile Santiago coronavirus government outbreak quarantine restrictions
- Location: SANTIAGO, CHILE
- City: SANTIAGO, CHILE
- Country: Chile
- Topics: Health/Medicine
- Reuters ID: LVA002C6JYPFR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Chile's government on Wednesday (March 25) announced a general quarantine for large parts of capital Santiago after the country surpassed 1,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus since the outbreak began locally at the start of March.
Health Minister Jaime Manalich said in an address from La Moneda presidential palace that the total ban on movement would begin on Thursday (March 26) night and last for seven days.
The measure applies to 1.3 million people living mainly in the wealthy eastern areas of the city where the virus first surfaced among people who had traveled to Europe.
As of Wednesday, a total of 1,142 people in the country were confirmed to have tested positive for the virus and three had died, the health ministry said.
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