As Coronavirus Cases Jump, Chile Faces Pressure To Lock Down The Country

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As Coronavirus Cases Jump, Chile Faces Pressure To Lock Down The Country
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56 mayors throughout Chile have sent a letter to President Sebastian Piñera expressing 'the urgent need to move to a national mandatory quarantine as soon as possible.' The number of coronavirus cases in the country has risen to 922.

Supermarket workers wear face masks as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus inside the metro in Santiago, Chile, on March 18.Supermarket workers wear face masks as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus inside the metro in Santiago, Chile, on March 18.

Pictures of commuters crammed together on platforms went viral, prompting accusations that Piñera is recklessly endangering Chileans in order to protect the economy, already severely battered by months of anti-government protests. One of these, Germán Codina, mayor of Puente Alto, told a radio interviewer Tuesday the crowded public transportation is like"condemning people to get a contagion."

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