Uruguay leads the world ranking of infections per million population

Uruguay last weekend became the country that leads the global ranking of infections per million inhabitants, although, as Chile, faces the paradox of being at the same time one of those who more advanced in the vaccination campaign. It even appears first in the ranking of countries that more coronavirus vaccines are applied per capita worldwide.

According to the page Our world in data, which systematizes official information on the pandemic, Uruguay tops list with 837 new cases per million population, which exceeds the record of the rest of the countries and confirms a trend which has already been accentuated for two months.

The Ministry of Health has indicated that to date there are 117,757 cases, 1,101 deaths and 89,035 cured. Only during the Holy Week, which was touristy, 186 people died, a figure that exceeds the total recorded throughout 2020, which was 174.

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Until February, Uruguay remained one of the least affected countries in terms of the number of infections and deaths. But the stats started to rise because they wanted it impact of the arrival of Brazilian variants, especially the one that arose Manau, What is it more contagious and dangerous.

However, at the same time, Uruguay was in the first days of April at the top of the world ranking as the country with the most vaccines applied per capita. According to the Our World in Data page, it has reached a inoculation greater than 1% of its population, being the only country to exceed this figure in recent days.

According to the Uruguayan government vaccination monitor, Monday at 5 p.m. 813,195 vaccines were administered nationwide (723,977 first doses and 89,218 seconds).

In this way, Uruguay has already vaccinated 20% of its population, so in Latin America is second only to Chile, which reaches 36%.

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The health emergency also triggered an internal crisis for the president Luis Lacalle Pou, who until now, under the protection of neoliberal postulates, presumed to have succeeded in bringing the pandemic under control without applying mobility restrictions to respect “freedom” and trust the “responsibility” of citizens.

From the opposition Frente Amplio, the voices that demand more drastic measures like those that apply in other countries, in particular store closures and quarantines so that the population remains in their homes, to which The president resists so as not to affect the economy.

But anyway, the impact of the pandemic is visible: in 2020, the economy fell by 5.9%, which represents a man to 17 years of uninterrupted growth achieved since 2003. Exports have fallen by 16, 2% and imports, 10.8%, the agency reported. N / A.

EuDr / ds