Ben Anson / The Santiago Times Staff Undersecretary of Public Health Paula Daza called on all regions to prioritize the COVID-19 vaccinations of people over 65 to reach 80% of the target population. “We have […]
Ben Anson/ The Santiago Times Staff Vaccinations have started in Chile’s educational community. The first teacher to receive the vaccine was Gloria Alfaro Segovia, a kindergarten teacher at the Escuela República de Alemania. Her 106-year-old […]
By Veronica Diaz-Cerda At first glance, it may seem that the race to acquire COVID-19 vaccines has been won by western nations. But alongside the UK, Canada, USA and EU, another country has also secured a […]
The Ministry of Health has announced the placement of communities’ on the “Step by Step” Plan. Forty-five communities in Transition (161 communities), 43.8% or 130 communities will be in Preparation (130), and 0.3% or ten […]
Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera received on Friday the first dose of the Sinovac vaccine against the virus caused by Covid-19. The president is eligible to receive the inoculation with the Chinese vaccine along with those […]
Chile hit the one million mark in COVID-19 vaccinations on Tuesday, putting the small but wealthy Andean nation at the forefront of the region’s inoculation drive on a per capita basis. The country’s health ministry […]
A new study shows the welcome return of humpback whales to the waters around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia after a century of commercial whaling decimated their populations. The study is published in the […]
SANTIAGO – Four South American countries joined forces this week in a bid to combat illegal fishing by huge Chinese fleets off their coasts. Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru threatened measures “to prevent, discourage and […]
BENJAMIN ANSON/THE SANTIAGO TIMES STAFF As heavy, incessant rains splattered upon the flimsy roof up above me in a rustic classroom from which I teach English to 6th grade in a bilingual school in western […]
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said on Wednesday the country’s health regulator had given the go-ahead for clinical trials of AstraZeneca PLC’s COVID-19 vaccine. Pinera said the AstraZeneca trial would follow one by America’s Johnson & […]
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