In order to contain the arrival of new COVID-19 variants, foreign non-residents will remain prohibited from entering Chile. Chileans that hold a Pase de Movilidad (mobility pass) will be able to leave the country.  

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Mining isn’t the only copper industry in Chile. Copper has now found its way into textiles, cosmetics, paints and medicines, as an innovative way to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

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Chilean scientists have discovered that an alpaca antibody blocks the Brazilian, British and South African variants of COVID-19. This is the same team of researchers that identified and produced neutralizing agents against SARS-CoV-2 from alpacas last year.

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So far some 200,000 tests have been given in Chile and abroad in companies in different fields.

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The country benefited from its extensive public health system, with clinics in even some of the remotest areas.

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Start-ups devoted to the incorporation of technology in education have diversified their services and accelerated the digital transformation in Chile.

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The World Economic Forum’s Mexican expert on employment and training, Leticia Gasca, offered her advice during the e-seminar organized by InvestChile.

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The company is growing at rates of 300% in Chile and plans to invest US$100 million in the next two years.

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Restarting Together targets entrepreneurs and seeks to foster innovative projects to mitigate the effect of Covid-19 globally.  

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Amid the uncertainty of the Covid-19 crisis, the tourism industry anticipates how it will adapt its installations once the emergency passes.

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Changes in labor and tax legislation as well as FOGAPE credits are some of the topics that have been explained by experts in the webinars, which have also covered investment opportunities.

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The company, which is part of the US-based UnitedHealth Group, has devoted the funds to helping the worst affected parts of the Santiago Metropolitan and Araucanía Regions.

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Health centers in Chile have already provided more than 6,000 remote services. This form of attention has increased in the last month since the Superintendency of Health authorized doctors to attend their patients by videoconference.

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The measures are part of the government’s Social Protection Plan and include the creation of a state loan guarantee fund to facilitate SMEs’ access to credit.  

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A report by the OECD describes the short and long-term measures that the institutions are taking to minimize the pandemic’s impact on foreign investment. It highlights the report on the health crisis prepared by InvestChile.

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According to UNCTAD, at least half of the countries have introduced new measures to facilitate or promote investment.

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Today, in the midst of the crisis caused by the appearance of COVID-19, we have seen how large economies have closed their borders in a bid to combat a pandemic that is claiming victims around the world. However, this has not meant that world trade has stopped, especially when it comes to food.

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Out of 468 companies surveyed by ACHS, 81.3% have implemented some level of remote work and indicated that they decided to do so in response to the appearance of COVID-19 in Chile.

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The multinational brewer will donate alcohol in gel form and deploy a campaign to support the restaurant sector; it has also launched a labor market reinsertion program.   

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The pandemic has forced governments to take prevention and mitigation measures that have impacted all the components of foreign direct investment (FDI).

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