Six of the seven presidential candidates on November 21 in Chile will have to suspend their campaign to undergo a one-week quarantine, the first-round favorite having tested positive for Covid-19 shortly after debating face to face with each of them. them.
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Left-wing candidate Gabriel Boric, 35, announced on social media Wednesday, November 3, that he had contracted the coronavirus despite being fully vaccinated, and suffering from fever and cough. Over the past two days, Gabriel Boric has debated with his Christian Democrat rival Yasna Provoste and with far-left candidates Eduardo Artés, center-right Sebastian Sichel, far-right Antonio Kast and the Progressive Party Marco Enriquez-Ominami .
"Although the results of the PCR test of the other candidates are negative, this does not release them from quarantine"
, insisted the Minister of Health Enrique Paris.
Only one candidate escapes compulsory isolation: Franco Parisi, of the “Party for the People”, who lives in the United States and avoided going during the campaign in Chile, where he is the subject of legal proceedings for no -payment of alimony.
According to a survey by Data Influye published on Wednesday, Gabriel Boric, who represents the left-wing coalition Apruebo Dignidad, leads the voting intentions in the first round with 32% of the vote.
He is ahead of José Antonio Kast (27%) of the Republican Party, who was in the lead in a previous poll conducted by another institute and released on Sunday.
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José Antonio Kast, a 55-year-old lawyer, defender of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship (1973-1990) and admirer of the far-right Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, has been climbing for several weeks in opinion polls.
This rise was made to the detriment of the candidate of the liberal right Sebastian Sichel (9%), 44, representative of the coalition of the outgoing president, Sebastian Piñera.
According to polls, Gabriel Boric, the youngest presidential candidate in Chilean history, and José Antonio Kast, are expected to contest the second round on December 19.
In third place comes the Christian Democrat Senator Yasna Provoste (13%).
More than 15 million Chileans are called to the polls to elect their president, renew Parliament and appoint their regional representatives.
