Coronavirus in Uruguay: Lacalle Pou says he is about to complete the purchase of vaccines

he President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, said the government is “End negotiations” to buy vaccines and that he aspires to be able to communicate it “in a few days”.

In a brief interview with the Hora del Campo program, the president said that it is not because he did not discuss the issue out of “whim or secrecy”, but because he hopes to conclude the negotiations. to do it.

“We manage the dates, but until we sign, that it’s about to happen, we prefer not to talk about it a lot. In a few days, we will surely have news ”, he declared. In addition, he assured that in the world, except Israel, no country has massively vaccinated.

Lacalle Pou recalled that the bet of Uruguay will form a vaccine basket which meet three attributes: quality, availability and short arrival time.

“We have ambitious vaccination plan, the environment of 600 thousand people per month. In three and a half months, we can vaccinate a large number of Uruguayans. It is very important, ”he underlined.

He also said that pandemic he “significantly” varied the government’s initial plans, but had “every intention” to end his mandate with “fulfilled commitments”.

“We had every intention of make significant savings in the first year and although we are austere, Uruguay all had to provide significant aid which, when pandemic surely exceed u $ 800 million in additional spending. 80% is due to social assistanceIt distracted us a bit, ”he added.