70% of the Uruguayan population has already received two doses of the coronavirus vaccine

70% of the Uruguayan population has already received the two doses of CoronaVac, Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, as we can see this Tuesday in the monitor developed by the Department of Public Health of the South American country.

According to official data, 2,480,237 of the 3,542,025 people in the country have already been vaccinated with both doses since March 1 of this year.

Thus, 70% of the population has already been fully vaccinated or is in the process of being so, which is reached 14 days after being vaccinated for the second time.

While, 168,414 have already received the first dose and are waiting for the second.

Finally, 233,220 people inoculated with the CoronaVac or AstraZeneca formulas have already received a third dose, in this case of Pfizer, and 328,769 others are expected to do so.

After the news broke, the Minister of Public Health, Daniel Salinas, shared an image on his Twitter account showing the figure reached by the South American country, just like the president Luis Lacalle Pou.

Uruguay has gone from one of the countries with the most deaths per million population between April and June to currently the second that applied the most vaccines to its population – after the United Arab Emirates – at the 13 August., according to the follow-up of Our World in Data from the University of Oxford, with 144 doses per 100 inhabitants. Cases have declined dramatically, recording 17 deaths two weeks ago, especially among the unvaccinated population.

Chile follows with 139 doses per 100 inhabitants. Both countries administered CoronaVac – of inactivated virus – to their populations and boosted AstraZeneca or Pfizer – of messenger RNA. Both nations calculate less than 2% positive in tests according to Our World in Data.

In Chile, vaccination with the third began on August 11 and Uruguay began on Monday 16 administering the reinforcement to more than 30,000 people. Their governments understand that immunogenicity, that is, the ability of the antigen to create an immune response, decreases over time, and that “neutralizing antibodies decrease with a half-life of about 100 days. “, explains a document from the Ministry of Health. Vaccinations from the Chilean Ministry of Public Health dated August 5.

The National Advisory Commission on Immunization of Uruguay also intends to “Optimize the immune response” in populations at risk, “increase the overall immunity of the population by standardizing the use of the messenger RNA platform” and “strengthen the immunity” of the population against the Delta variant which is entry by Uruguayan tourists.

Uruguay recorded 123 new cases in 9,134 analyzes on Tuesday, while recording five deaths with a diagnosis of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, as evidenced by its daily report from the National Emergency System (Sinae).

The dead that day were five women between 58 and 75 years old and, in this way, the death toll from the disease has risen to 6,020 since March 13, 2020, when the health emergency was declared in the South American country.

Uruguay adds, since the start of the pandemic, 384,287 cases of COVID-19, including 1,307 people with the disease, 13 of them were admitted to intensive treatment centers (ICS).

Likewise, the country remains in the yellow zone of the Harvard index, which cumulates the weekly average of new cases of covid-19 per 100,000 inhabitants, with a record 3.53. Of the 19 departments (provinces) of the country, three of them are in the green zone: Río Negro (west), Tacuarembó (northeast) and Florida (center), while the others are yellow.

A few days ago, the Uruguayan executive announced the gradual opening of borders from September 1. At that time, foreigners with property in Uruguay will be able to enter the country from South America. Thereafter, from November 1, any foreigner who has completed the vaccination process can do so.

(With information from EFE and AP)

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