FILE PHOTO: Benches are seen taped off at Plaza de Armas square as Chilean health authorities announced a blanket lockdown across the capital during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Santiago, Chile June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean health authorities said on Monday they would extend a COVID-19 emergency through September to allow the government to impose restrictions, a setback in a country that has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world.
The announcement comes as cases have soared in Chile to some of their highest levels since the pandemic began, despite 61% of citizens receiving at least one vaccine dose and 48% being fully vaccinated. (Graphic on global vaccinations) https://tmsnrt.rs/3tUM8ta
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