@BasuAshis@bbcworldservice I am so glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for your comment. Yes Chilean Spanish is very different, much faster with a lot of slang!
While the world races to find a vaccine, Chilean scientists are working hard to find alternative treatments with alpaca antibodies.. https://t.co/sSDdAhepcc
.@TheEconomist
"La pandemia puede impulsar a Chile a volverse más socialdemócrata".
"El clamor de la izquierda por un estado más activo ahora encuentra eco en políticos de derecha... que apoyan ayudas sociales".
Chile now has one of the highest coronavirus infection rates in the world after seeing initial success in stopping the spread https://t.co/vD9zmtnSGT via @business
Chile #covid crisis worsens with record number of people falling sick or dying from disease in 24 hours. Cases rise by 3,520 to total of 49,579 and fatalities by 31 to 509. Record test results also reported: 16,189 for total of 397,200. Santiago, in full lockdown, is epicentre.
April 26. Chileans would have been voting in a plebiscite today on whether to draft a new constitution. Postponed until 25 October due to #covid. What a different kind of day it would have been.
#Chile reports 419 new cases in 24 hours bringing total to 10,507. Deaths increase by 6 to 139. Results of 5,168 tests reported for total of 118,817.
Over last 7 days, Chile has averaged 4,826 tests a day vs 4,307 in previous 7 days (7-13Apr). Says has capacity for 8,000/d.
‘Fear of contagion — of infection- is one of our most atavistic fears’, interview on my evolutionary/complexity/ecological perspectives on the pandemic, done by Daniel Hopenhayn for La Tercera, and translated by Claudia Hopenhayn was just published here https://t.co/9jNBmcZ929
Clear interview by Health Subsecretary @pdazan. The explanation on “dynamic” quarantines makes sense (the Chilean numbers don’t call for nationwide lockdown) as well as her reasoning that this virus will remain in our society for now.
https://t.co/CN6k9W6MYr via @latercera
#Chile reports 392 new #covid cases in 24 hours bringing total to 7,917. Deaths rise by 10 to 92.
Lockdowns lifted in 4 districts, maintained in 8 and added in 3 as part of its "dynamic" targeted lockdown strategy, says health sec @jmanalich.
Street art at GAM near Plaza Italia. On a trip to meet someone who was telling me about living in the centre of all the protests I took some photos of all the political messages that are… https://t.co/2ULyNeDbJp