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Vaccine tourism, a life preserver for a beaten down sector in Uruguay 3 minutes read By Federico Anfitti Montevideo, Jul 27 (EFE).- On a continent heavily hit by Covid-19, where a large number of the countries have fully vaccinated less than 15 percent of their populations, Uruguay wants to show its strength and develop “vaccine tourism” to give a push to a sector that has been economically devastated by the pandemic. This initiative – being pushed by lawmakers, provincial governments and the private sector – seeks to attract tourists who, besides being interested in the country’s...

Once praised for its Covid response, Uruguay now facing severe health crisis 2 minutes read Montevideo, Apr 14 (EFE).- The coronavirus situation in Uruguay has now reached alarming levels. Formerly held up as an example of how to manage the pandemic, that small South American country now is seeing its health care system under severe strain as the number of confirmed cases steadily grows and the Covid-19 death toll is projected to climb to more than 1,200 in April. Yet even as the medical emergency has worsened, the government has continued to avoid taking stringent measures to reduce people...