(CNN Español) – Uruguay registered this Monday the day with the most contagios and deaths by covid-19 since the pandemic was triggered.
According to Gobierno data, the country has 2,700 new cases, bringing the total to 84,230. This figure, 68,983 ya is recovering. As of now, 19 defenses have been reported, which are accumulated in 811.
Following the sanitary authorities of the country, this month also detects 24 contagios with the variant of covid-19 identified in Brazil, P.1, in the department of the country.
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Uruguayan media report that the presence of the Brazilian coronavirus mutation provoked the president, Luis Lacalle Pou, to convene a Council of Ministers this March.
On the other hand, 30 medical and scientific organizations of the country are issuing a statement in conjunction this month expressing their “most profound concern” and exhorting Gobierno to take “urgent measures” to control the pandemic.
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Between the efforts of the organizations are to reduce the mobility for at least three weeks in all the areas not essential; which is opted for by teletrabajo where possible and virtual education; economic resources “that assist the public in a situation of vulnerability and that which is directly affected by the suspension of its activity”; spread the massive vacancy; increase the “accessibility and speed of testing processes throughout the population”.
Hasta el momento, and Uruguay, applied the 330,000 doses of the vacant contra el covid-19.