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Uruguay: The second highest population-related covid-19 deaths in South America in the last week

Thursday, April 8th 2021 - 10:50 UTC
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Following the latest death toll from covid-19 in Uruguay (238 in the last seven days), the country moved up to second place in South America in terms of the number of deaths from the disease relative to its population (3.5 million) in the last week. A study shows that the behaviour of the population in the face of the pandemic during 2020 has changed in the last weeks, resulting in more mobility amid record daily cases and a progressive vaccination program. Read full article

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  • FortHay

    Kudos to the writer, who takes the trouble to cite RATES, rather than totals. That is the only realistic way to evaluate this. It puts the Czech republic, for example, at the top of the list and this does not square with the storyline that all these severe problems are caused by some populist executives.

    Apr 09th, 2021 - 03:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0

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