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Two
of Chile´s top Cabinet ministers said on Sunday they would quarantine
after coming in close contact with Chilean lawmakers who tested positive
for the coronavirus during negotiations in Congress.
Ignacio
Briones, Chile´s finance minister, and Felipe Ward, secretary-general of
the presidency, both said on Twitter they had tested negative for the
coronavirus but would remain in quarantine until a second test confirmed
they had not been infected.
At least 23 lawmakers will also
begin a quarantine period after meeting with the infected legislators in
Congress, the local daily El Mercurio reported.
“From home, we
will continue working hard on the long list of issues that we must
confront with urgency during this difficult time,” Briones said late on
Sunday on Twitter.
Briones has been central in crafting a
sweeping stimulus package worth nearly 7 percent of the South American
nation´s gross domestic product. Ward is a close confidant of Chilean
President Sebastian Pinera.
Chile, the world´s top copper producer, has reported 43,781 cases of the coronavirus and 450 deaths.
Health
authorities on Friday put the capital, Santiago, a city of more than 6
million people, under full lockdown as new cases have flared with the
approach of the Southern Hemisphere winter.
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