To its credit, Chile has  implemented a highly successful vaccine program and taken a number of other  important public health measures to improve the well-being of its inhabitants.  Nevertheless, these measures have proved insufficient to curb the spread of the  virus and ensure full compliance with Chile’s obligations to respect, protect and 
fulfil the right to health.  It is in this context that this report examines the human rights impacts of the  pandemic and the responses of the Chilean authorities.