According to the latest data from the website datosmacro.expansión.com, the South American country is among the those with the lowest rate of contagion at present. The total number of deaths reached 7,625, in a nation with 3,426,260 inhabitants.
During the pandemic, the government of President Luis Lacalle Pou applied a policy of ‘responsible openness’, with restrictions, vaccination, and economic vitality, this may explain why around one-third of the population was infected.
On March 13, 2020, a Health Emergency was declared by Covid-19 in Uruguay.
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