After the Metropolitan Region had a slight respite from the pandemic after the complicated months of June, July and August, with high positivity and mortality, in November the indices began to rise alarmingly. Experts warn of high relaxation in protective measures in the population, which translate into no use of mask, frequent social gatherings with no social separation and little hand washing.

Although the Metropolitan Region had had a respite after the harsh months of June and July, with a very high mortality from coronavirus contagions, this November the situation began to worry.

This was reflected in ICOVID Chile's new report, where they expose that the high mobility of the population, coupled with a serious relax of protection measures, have the capital area ad portas of the most worrying indexes of the pandemic during May.

The 'Effective R', talking about the rate of spread of coronavirus contagions, reached 1,15, very close to the pre-red numbers levels seen in June and July, with high positivity, a lot of mortality and, the worst, collapse of hospital facilities.

After the Metropolitan Region had a slight respite from the pandemic after the complicated months of June, July and August, with high positivity and mortality, in November the indices began to rise alarmingly. Experts warn of high relaxation in protective measures in the population, which translate into no use of mask, frequent social gatherings with no social separation and little hand washing.

Although the Metropolitan Region had had a respite after the harsh months of June and July, with a very high mortality from coronavirus contagions, this November the situation began to worry.

This was reflected in ICOVID Chile's new report, where they expose that the high mobility of the population, coupled with a serious relax of protection measures, have the capital area ad portas of the most worrying indexes of the pandemic during May.

The 'Effective R', talking about the rate of spread of coronavirus contagions, reached 1,15, very close to the pre-red numbers levels seen in June and July, with high positivity, a lot of mortality and, the worst, collapse of hospital facilities.

This factor reflects the number of people a infected person can infect. The lowest level MRI had was 0,78 in August, while, in May, this one had its highest point, with 1,7.

Low perception of risk

The alert went from yellow to orange after observing, as reflected La Tercera, the rate of contagion per 100,000 inhabitants, where RM came 4,6 cases.

"For about three weeks there has been some relaxation in the customs of our population in the Metropolitan Region, which increases the risk", assured the academic of the U.S. School of Public Health. of Chile, Mauricio Canals.

Little use of masks, low amount of hand washing, increasingly frequent and non-socially separated social gatherings have been much more frequent to see on the streets, especially in Santiago.

That's why for the epidemiologist Catterina Ferreccio, who warns that in the Metropolitan Region "we are with levels that are not desirable. We have to try to get to winter on a better foot than we already are, because right now, our number of cases is much higher than the countries of Europe had before suffering the second wave".

Could quarantine return to Santiago?

Experts put the point of concern on The Month of December, the New Year's Eve festivities and the arrival of summer and the holidays of millions of Chileans. This is in addition to the decision of the government of Sebastián Piñera to reopen the borders for the arrival of foreigners.

"Increased mobility is not free. More crowding of people has already been seen and that slowly begins to increase transmission of the virus", spokestor of the Advisory Council, Ximena Aguilera.

"We are concerned about the situation of borders and are interested in reviewing the system implemented. That's why we've asked the Minsal to present us with an assessment of how it's worked these days", added the expert.