Commuters wear face masks as a precaution against the COVID-19 illness in the subway in Santiago Chile
CHILEAN municipalities are moving ahead of the government on coronavirus, buying in a Cuban medicine that has been successful in treating infections in China and Spain.
Daniel Jadue, mayor of Recoleta in Santiago province, said the People’s Pharmacies initiative, which provides drugs at lower prices than private chemists, had begun import procedures for Interferon alpha-2b, a Cuban product that has been used to effectively cure more than 1,500 Covid-19 sufferers.
Mr Jadue set up the People’s Pharmacies project in 2015 and it has since spread to over 100 municipalities across Chile. Interferons are signalling proteins that boost the immune system.
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