They dismantle an underground party in the house of an Argentinian in Uruguay: there were more than 500 people

It was in the town of Sauce de Portezuelo, 15 kilometers from Punta del Este. Police tracked down the party after obtaining information via networks.

Uruguayan police broke a Clandestine party with 560 people in the house of an Argentinian citizen in the town of Sauce de Portezuelo, near Punta del Este. According to local media, no protocol has been followed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

It was around 4:30 a.m. when officers arrived on private property with environmental management staff from Montevideo City Hall, after have received indications on Instagram. At the site, there were a large number of bottles on the floor and on plastic tables. The prosecution ordered the seizure of the musical material.

“There were over 500 people, no protection, a complete lack of responsibility for what the country is going through” due to the coronavirus pandemic, he said. TN the coordinator of the General Directorate of Hygiene and the Environment of the Municipality of Maldonado, Carlos Medina.

“The intendant, for his part, will now apply sanctions, while waiting for justice to settle the case,” he added. The Argentine citizen “introduced himself as the owner and signed as the owner, but we don’t know if he’s a year-round resident,” Medina said.

Since the start of the pandemic, authorities have dismantled around 30 clandestine parties in the region, Medina said. “Usually they are organized through networks and sometimes tickets are paid electronically,” the official said.

To curb the contagion, the Uruguayan Parliament on Thursday approved the extension of the limit to the right of assembly for an additional 120 days.

This Friday, 1,616 new cases of coronavirus were detected in the neighboring country. In total, there were 760 people and 78,401 infections and around 164 people are currently in intensive care, according to official figures.

They have already vaccinated 10% of the adult population

The vaccination campaign, which began at the beginning of the month, and 270,000 people have already been vaccinated, 10% of the population over 18, according to the Ministry of Public Health.

Uruguay has so far received 1,750,000 doses of the vaccine from the Chinese laboratory Sinovac. The priority groups indicated by the executive were teachers, police officers, firefighters, soldiers and workers at the Institute for Children and Adolescents (INAU) under the age of 60.

Faced with weaker than expected demand in these groups, the surplus went to the department of Rivera (north), bordering Brazil and the most affected by the pandemic, and to prisons.

The MSP subsequently decided to widen the age range of its administration, thus opening the agenda of the people between 50 and 70 years old, whatever their profession or risk situation, and from Tourism Week (or Holy Week), this will also be possible from the age of 18.