WEEKLY REPORT COVID-19

27 JULY, 2020

18.583 ACTIVE CASES 2.198 NEW CASES 449 ASYMPTOMATIC 9.112 DEATHS 1.295 HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS 239 IN CRITICAL CONDITIONS

1.524.553 TOTAL PCR EXAMS PERFORMED NUMBERS 19.709 TOTAL PCR EXAMS PERFORMED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS

LOCATIONS IN QUARANTINE

ARICA Y PARINACOTA ANTOFAGASTA METROPOLITANAPeñaflor Arica Calama 32 comunas de la Tocopilla Provincia de Curacaví Mejillones Tiltil Antofagasta San Bernardo San José de Maipo Buin El Monte Peñaflor Lampa Colina

TARAPACÁ Iquique VALPARAÍSO Alto Hospicio DEL LIBERTADOR Pozo al Monte San Antonio DEL MAULE Viña del Mar GENERAL BERNARDO Curicó Valparaíso O`HIGGINS Quillota Rancagua Los Andes Machalí San Felipe Graneros Rengo LATEST MEASURES

• The Ministry of Health announced that the communes of Coquimbo, La Serena and Puerto Montt will enter quarantine as of Wednesday, July 29, at 10:00 p.m. • New cases decreased by 5% and positivity has remained at 12%, despite which the Undersecretary of Public Health, Paula Daza, reinforced the call for self-care and citizen responsibility. • The Minister of National Assets, Julio Isamit, together with the Undersecretary of Public Health, Paula Daza, and the Undersecretary of Assistance Networks, Arturo Zuñiga, announced today that the Covid-19 Territorial Viewer will include the implementation of the Step-by-Step Plan announced by the Government. • The Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, confirmed the trend towards a decrease in the indicators of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. The authority highlighted that "we have had a decrease of 11% of new cases in the last seven days and 29% in the last 14 days”. The head of the health portfolio also indicated that ICU bed occupancy averaged 84%. • Nine communes in the country will go from quarantine to transition and the Araucanía Region will enter phase 4. The authorities announced that Colina, , , , Ñuñoa, Tiltil, , San Antonio and San Felipe will pass to phase 2. • Undersecretary Daza delivered the Self-Care Guide COVID-19 in La Vega Central. The manual includes health recommendations and is one of the tools of the Step by Step plan. It was delivered to tenants and clients of the premises. • The Undersecretary of Transport, José Luis Domínguez, presented the National Mobility Plan of the Ministry of Transport, which includes measures to safeguard and protect both pedestrians and users of public transport. MAIN GOBERNMENT SPOKESPERSONS

President Of Chile Health Minister Sebastián Piñera Enrique Paris

Undersecretary of Undersecretary of Health Assistance Networks Paula Daza Arturo Zúñiga

Minister of National Assets Undersecretary of Julio Isamit Transport José Luis Domínguez LINKS OF THE MAIN NEWS OF THE WEEK

• Chinese vaccine trial, Chile could receive 10 million doses in one year http://portal.nexnews.cl/showN?valor=ebtlv • Latin America looks to Indian generics to lower its medical costs http://portal.nexnews.cl/showN?valor=ebrln • Vaccine: a State policy http://portal.nexnews.cl/showN?valor=ebrof • Science Minister confirms that Chinese laboratory vaccine will be tested in Chile from August http://portal.nexnews.cl/showN?valor=ebtnh • Study Determines Antiviral Properties of Turmeric in a Type of Coronavirus http://portal.nexnews.cl/showN?valor=ebu8n • Latin American countries enter the race to ensure the supply of the future vaccine http://portal.nexnews.cl/showN?valor=ebovc • Chile negotiates a vaccine with six laboratories and Covid would be like a cold: we will get sick every year: three things we learned from the coronavirus this week http://portal.nexnews.cl/showN?valor=ebpmh • The Coronavirus Vaccine Map http://portal.nexnews.cl/showN?valor=eboqn • U. of Oxford announces auspicious results in human tests of its vaccine http://portal.nexnews.cl/showN?valor=ec4u7 • How will the tests be done in Chilean hospitals? http://portal.nexnews.cl/showN?valor=ec597 • Pfizer and CanSino also report good results in their trials http://portal.nexnews.cl/showN?valor=ec4uh • The future vaccine from the U. of Oxford will be sold "at cost price“ http://portal.nexnews.cl/showN?valor=ecf07 • Brazil begins tests of Chinese vaccine http://portal.nexnews.cl/showN?valor=ecf8r • "It is ready": Russia announces that its coronavirus vaccine successfully passed all tests http://portal.nexnews.cl/showN?valor=ec8vf • Biotechnology and Drug Law 2 http://portal.nexnews.cl/showN?valor=eco65 • AstraZeneca announces that its vaccine will be sold at cost for only 2.5 euros http://portal.nexnews.cl/showN?valor=ecnud • US to Pay Nearly $ 2 Billion to Pfizer for Covid-19 Vaccine http://portal.nexnews.cl/showN?valor=ecnu9 • Pharmaceutical announces that the vaccine for COVID-19 could be ready in September http://portal.nexnews.cl/showN?valor=ecl0t