Chilean experts predict another COVID-19 peak in coming weeks

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Chilean experts predict another COVID-19 peak in coming weeks

STORY: Chilean experts predict another COVID-19 peak in coming weeks DATELINE: June 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: Santiago CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of respiratory emergency 2. various of vaccination site 3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): CRISTOBAL CUADRADO, Chilean Undersecretary of Public Health 4. various of COVID-19 testings 5. various of guidelines in public places STORYLINE: Chile will face another peak of COVID-19 infections in the next two weeks, a local epidemics monitoring group predicted on Tuesday. Chile has been experiencing a fifth wave of COVID-19 cases for several weeks and "we could be approaching the peak in two or three weeks," Felipe Elorrieta, head of the Mathematical Epidemiological Group for the Surveillance of Epidemics and Pandemics at the University of Santiago, Chile, said in a press release. A Chilean health official also warned of the peak but said there's a slowdown in severe cases. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): CRISTOBAL CUADRADO, Chilean Undersecretary of Public Health "Thi

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