MANDATORY MASKS IN TRANSPORTATION IN CHILE
The Chilean government decreed on Monday that wearing a mask on public transport is now compulsory, while the South American country, which has implemented selective containment measures, has registered 4,815 coronavirus infections, including 37 deaths .
“The wearing of the mask becomes compulsory in public and private paid transport,” under-secretary of health Paula Daza said on Monday, supplying the latest official contamination figures.
Buses, taxis and the metro in Santiago are affected by the measure, as well as the few national flights that continue to operate. Since Sunday, all the authorities have appeared in public with a mask. Faced with supply difficulties, the Ministry of Health distributed tutorials to facilitate home manufacturing.
Chile, where the first case of Covid-19 was reported on March 3, has taken various restrictive measures, including compulsory confinement in certain areas of the capital, where the highest number of infections are recorded, and screening en masse.
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