Uruguayan President Luiz Inacio Lula da Pau has announced a new ban that will last until April 12 to stop the spread of Covid-19.
Apart from essential services, public offices will be closed and individual education for all levels of education will also be suspended. Clubs, gyms, amateur sports, public events, parties and social events will also be suspended and restaurants and bars will close at midnight. The “ni shops fee shop” on the Brazilian border, the duty-free shops where Brazilians will buy for resale in their cities, will also be closed.
“If there is a center of free shops (for hazards), we will close it,” the Uruguayan president told a news conference on Tuesday night.
Uruguay’s neighbor Brazil is one of the most affected countries in the world by the epidemic, intensive care units are overflowing, cases are on the rise, and some essential medical supplies are running low. It has the second highest number of cases of virus and death, only by the United States.
The President also said that the number of ICU beds in the country would be increased from 35 to 35 in the private sector, 10 in the military hospital and 84 in the public sector.
“Stay in your bubble, stay with your immediate family,” Luckley said.
Uruguay set a record for new cases and deaths on Monday, with 2,700 new cases and 19 new deaths. Also, health officials on Monday said 24 cases of Brazilian P1 have been found in the country. The country also had a record number of active cases – 14,418 and the number of people in ICU – 188 on the same day.
As many as 1,801 new cases of the virus have been reported in the country for a total of 86,007 cases since the outbreak began on Tuesday, the country’s health ministry said. Also, on Tuesday, 16 additional deaths related to the virus were reported, bringing the total death toll to 827.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Tuesday highlighted the increase in cases in Uruguay at its weekly press conference. The director of PAHO, Dr. “More than 1,000 cases have been reported in Uruguay every day in the last few weeks, which is worrying given the size of the country,” said Carissa Etienne.
Uruguay has a current population of 3,482,469 as of March 24, 2021, based on a worldwide expansion of the latest data from the United Nations.
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