Chile’s Health Minister Resigns Over COVID-19 Death Toll
Handout picture released by the Chilean Presidency showing Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera and new Health Minister Enrique Paris during his swearing-in ceremony at La Moneda Presidential Palace in Santiago, on June 13, 2020, amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic.
The report came from an investigative journalism organization called CIPER which obtained a copy of the health ministry documents sent to the WHO.Deputy Health Minister Paula Daza explained the difference in the numbers. On Friday, Chile reported a record for new infections and deaths over a 24-hour period — 6,754 and 222, respectively.
Infections have risen steadily in Chile even though it began taking emergency measures in February — including widespread testing and the closure of borders and schools — making it one of the first Latin American countries to do so.
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