A policeman checks out a pedestrian's outdoor permits in the lockdown area of the Metropolitan Region, Santiago, Chile, March 25, 2021. Chile's Ministry of Health on Thursday announced the Metropolitan Region, where the capital is located, and other areas will enter lockdown on Saturday, March 27, as Holy Week approaches amid a rise in cases of the novel coronavirus disease. According to official figures, tests detected 7,023 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, while 122 more people died of the disease in the same period, raising the caseload to 954,762 and the death toll to 22,524. (Photo by Jorge Villegas/Xinhua)
