Chile: Monkeypox cases surpass 200
Aug 20, 2022, at 03:10 pm
Buenos Aires: The number of registered monkeypox cases has surpassed 200 in Chile, the country’s Ministry of Health informs.
Chile: Apology for sterilizing HIV-positive women in moment of ‘reproductive justice’
May 28, 2022, at 11:20 pm
New York: The head of the UN agency leading the fight against HIV/AIDS, welcomed on Friday a public apology from Chile on a landmark case of involuntary sterilization of women living with HIV.
Chile reports decline in new COVID-19 cases in 15 regions
May 10, 2021, at 07:10 pm
Santiago/Xinhua: The Chilean Ministry of Health reported on Sunday that the decline in new cases of the novel coronavirus disease continues in 15 regions of the country.
Chile sees 7,213 COVID-19 cases, 80 deaths
Apr 13, 2020, at 12:13 pm
Santiago/Xinhua/UNI: Chile's government on Sunday reported a total of 7,213 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and 80 have died of the disease since the start of the outbreak.
Chile declares state of catastrophe over COVID-19
Mar 19, 2020, at 09:40 am
Santiago/Xinhua/UNI: Chilean President Sebastian Pinera declared a 90-day state of catastrophe to step up the government's action to combat the COVID-19 epidemic that has so far infected 238 people.
Chile issues red alert over forest fire
Jan 26, 2020, at 11:07 am
Santiago/Xinhua: Local authorities of Chile's southern region of Biobio issued a red alert on Saturday after a forest fire burned 2.1 square km of vegetation.
Contamination forces millions to go without water in Chile
Feb 27, 2017, at 11:06 pm
Santiago, Feb 27 (IBNS): At least four million people have been hit by a major landslide in the Chilean capital Santiago, forcing them to go without drinking water as authorities have cut off supply fearing contamination, the BBC reported.
Dec 26, 2016, at 02:15 am
Santiago, Dec 25 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale hit Chile on Sunday.