In Chile it is no longer an obligation to wear a mask in open spaces. Infections by Covid-19 show a downward trend and the same happens with deaths associated with the disease caused by coronavirus. However, despite the good symptoms, the Minister of Health María Begoña Yarza, along with stating that the country is in a phase of lower circulation, warned that “the pandemic continues and that is the most important concept.”
The head of the Minsal made a positive assessment of the pandemic situation and in this sense highlighted the actions of Chilean men and women. “They have assumed that care is individual and collective, people have taken the instructions very well. One has to evaluate individual risks. The understanding of the communities is very good, the balance is positive,” the Secretary of State told Cooperative Radio.
Minister Yarza added that “people have taken the indications very well, one has to evaluate individual risks and, although in the free space one has to verify that they are not in a crowded situation (…) and if It’s not like that, there’s the mask.”
“People continue to wear the mask, they continue to leave their house with the mask,” he said.
The Secretary of State recalled in any case that “we continue to have deaths.” “The pandemic continues and that is the most important concept. We are in a phase of lower circulation. We have very good levels of vaccine coverage, but the pandemic continues, that is the daily reminder that we have to continue taking care of ourselves,” stressed the doctor. Yarza.
The calendar is advancing weekly and, therefore, “we continue to incorporate groups that meet five and six months of vaccination,” he added.
“After six months the immune response begins to decrease, so that is why we call our vaccination to be dynamic. What I have to have is an effective vaccination,” said the head of the Health portfolio.
