Jaime Manalich made the claim after the country imposed 90-day state of catastrophe but stopped short of enforcing full quarentine.
Chile's health minister has dismissed calls for the country to impose a national lockdown to help combat the spread of the coronavirus as it could yet mutate into a"better person."
The number of confirmed cases in the South American country currently stands at 632 with one fatality, reports Johns Hopkins University."state of catastrophe" "The daily calculus is that we're doubling the number of cases every four days, even slower. Tomorrow, maybe it's every two days, three days. "What happens if the virus mutates and becomes, pardon this word, a better person? That's a different ballgame."be put in place from between 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. from Sunday in a bid to stop people gathering on the streets. The government closed the country's cinemas, restaurants, bars and clubs on Friday.
Health experts are now also criticizing Pinera for his lack of leadership and slow response to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
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