Uruguay experiences its first day without deaths from Covid-19 in three months

This Wednesday, Uruguay did not register any deaths with a diagnosis of coronavirus in the country. This situation had not occurred since December 26, 2021, days before the arrival of the Omicron variant in the country was announced and a wave of infections was generated that reached the highest peaks since the pandemic began in March 2020.

According to the epidemiological report of the National Emergency System (SINAE), 1,048 new cases of Covid-19 were detected in 10,378 analyses.

Since March 13, 2020, when the first case of the virus was diagnosed in the country, 887,028 positive cases of coronavirus have been recorded throughout the country. Of that total, 872,762 have already recovered, 7,156 have died, 7,110 people are suffering from the disease in all departments and 42 are hospitalized in intensive care.

Vaccination campaign

Uruguay has a very high percentage of vaccinated population. In a country of three and a half million people, exactly 2,842,482 people already have a complete vaccination schedule, which is equivalent to 81.83% of the total.

These figures are due to the fact that the Ministry of Public Health not only offered free vaccination centres and doses for Uruguayans, but also organised vaccination days in different segments of the population to reach those who did not seek their immunity.

In this regard, the last campaign was held on March 30, 2022 in the public faculties of Economic Sciences and Administration, Information and Communication, and Social Sciences.

First, second and third doses of the Pfizer vaccine were administered there to people over 12 years of age. To access the vaccination center, it was not necessary to make an appointment, all that was needed was to show up with an identity document.

The first university-level vaccination day was held almost a year ago, on March 24, 2021, on the esplanade of the Faculty of Law, with 566 people in attendance.

In January 2022, vaccination campaigns began in shelters where homeless people sleep, at fairs in peripheral neighborhoods, and for children between 5 and 11 years old, who were the only part of the population that at that time was not eligible to receive the doses.

At that time, the Minister of Public Health, Daniel Salinas, insisted that all health personnel also be vaccinated, after revealing the figure that only 60% had the Pfizer booster dose.

At that time, 79.07% of Uruguayans had received a single dose, 75.7% had received two doses, and 45.8% had received the Pfizer booster dose.

Currently, in Uruguay, almost everyone can be vaccinated. However, the Ministry of Public Health advises against vaccination or indicates that it should be postponed in specific situations, or when certain organic diseases are present.

The only people who cannot receive immunity are those who have chronic diseases or treatments (such as chemotherapy) that affect the immune system, severe or life-threatening allergies to vaccine components (these allergies are very rare), or a serious illness on the day of vaccination.

Despite this last indication, children who have a serious illness on the day of vaccination should be vaccinated as soon as they feel well. Moderate illnesses and low fever do not contraindicate vaccination. With Infobae

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