Uruguay to receive US donation of 500,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in July

Uruguay to receive 500,000 doses of Pfizer’s US COVID-19 vaccine in July as a donation from the government of Joe Biden, as announced this Friday by the secretary of the presidency of the South American country, Allvaro Delgado.

At a press conference held at the Executive Tower in Montevideo, in which he appeared with the Minister of Public Health, Daniel Salinas, and the charge d’affaires of the American embassy, jennifer savage, Delgado pointed out that Uruguay is “one of the first” to receive its corresponding share of the 14 million doses given by the US government to Latin America.

“Uruguay preferred messenger RNA vaccines. At the time, we bought 3 million from Pfizer, we had the contracts and that made everything easier, because we already had the logisticsDelgado commented during an appearance in which the change in entry controls to the country was also announced in the face of new COVID-19 variants.

For his part, Savage said: “When the pandemic started, the United States asked Uruguay, ‘How can we help?’ Today, I am proud to announce that there will be a donation of 500,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine which will arrive in the coming days.”.

“July is going to be a busy month for vaccines“Added Delgado, who said that half a million vaccines donated by the United States are added to the 444,600 doses that had already been agreed with the laboratory.

Meanwhile, Salinas said it was “satisfied and satisfied” with the “generous donation” The United States. “This is a pandemic that we have learned does not stop. It’s like a loop in which epidemiological changes and new challenges are generated. An adaptation is being generated, in the Darwinian style. The Uruguayan government also has this facility to adapt to changes, ”he said.

Uruguay scores this Thursday 1770 new cases in 16,951 COVID-19 tests, according to the daily report from the country’s National Emergency System (Sinae).

The day there was 39 deaths, which meant reaching the 5,413 deaths. The youngest was a 33-year-old woman from the department of Maldonado and the oldest was a 94-year-old woman from Salto.

With this information, Uruguay adds 361,994 COVID-19 cases since health emergency began, which in Uruguay was declared on March 13, 2020, including 21,610 people with the disease, including 357 admitted to intensive treatment centers (ICS).

According to information provided by the Uruguayan Society of Intensive Medicine (SUMI), 696 ICC beds are occupied out of the 1,011 operated, which represents 67.8% of the total (35.2% of them due to covid-19 , 356 patients).

In addition, the country is in the red zone according to the Harvard index, cumulating more than 25 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over the last seven days, while the only department that has emerged from this risky situation is Rivera (north), which is in orange on the map.

This Monday the museums reopened, closed from March 23, and more than 70,000 students returned to the presence in Montevideo and Canelones (south), with which the entire return to Primary ended and it is expected that high schools (Secondary) will be able to do so in July, favored by vaccination among adolescents.

The suspension of public events and shows and the time restriction in bars and restaurants until midnight remain in effect until June 27..

In addition, the country’s borders remain closed to non-residents, with exceptions for diplomatic, personal or economic and professional reasons, with the express authorization of the Executive.

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