Uruguay analyzes declaration of “orange state” by …

The Conservative government of Uruguay announced a series of severe restrictions aimed at contain the escalation of coronavirus infections in this country. I know sports were hung inside, a deadline has been set at bars and restaurants and the application of telecommuting in public and private offices, among other measures.

The application of the new provisions will be finalized today at a meeting with ministerial governments. Then the government will evaluate the results until December 18, and If the contagion curve continues to rise, the “orange alert” will be declaredAnd new measures could be announced.

The announcement was made by the President Luis Lacalle Pou, after having held a meeting with the Honorary Scientific Advisory Group (GACH) which advises its administration on the pandemic.

In order to slow down the movement of people, the measures included more checks in public transport and, although face-to-face lessons have not been suspended, school events have been canceled Prom.

“The telecommuting in all public offices, cancellation of all indoor sports including basketball, closing of bars and restaurants and others at midnight and fines will be applied to workplaces that do not respect the protocols, ”said Lacalle Pou at a press conference.

the fines will be $ 60 for each person who attends mass meetings that do not follow distancing protocols. Bars and restaurants, meanwhile, are due to close at midnight, and those not on schedule could be closed, as noted.

“The goal now is to slow growth”

The objective is do not miss the “yellow zone” in which the country is located and does not worsen the situation in “orange zone”, which will happen if the weekly average of daily cases exceeds 300.

Fernando Paganini, Head of Data and Models at GACH said that currently It is no longer within reach to quickly return to the green contagion zone, as the government has set a target for November 5, due to the increase in cases.

“The goal now is to slow growth”explained the member of the group of 55 Uruguayan scientists, who carried out a study establishing that the current trend of growth is expected to continue. “The weekly average would exceed 300 (cases) and before the end of the year we would reach Harvard orange,” one before red, the maximum, he added.

Saturday and Sunday Uruguay topped 200 daily cases for the first time since the disease was first detected in the country on March 13, when 208 were infected each of those days. So far 6,024 people have been infected and 78 have died from the disease, according to today’s report from the state’s National Emergency System.

The parameter stems from the application of the scheme of Harvard, the American university which established four levels: green, in which Uruguay has remained since the start of the health emergency; yellow, which is the area it has entered in recent days, with between 1 and 10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants; orange, from 10 to 25 per 100,000; and red, more than 25 per 100,000.