ASSE negotiates with laboratories due to a lack of medicines
Leonardo Cipriani, the State Health Services Administration (ASSE) President, said that progress is being made in the negotiation with the laboratories due to the lack of medicines that were generated by production problems. Cipriani on the problem with drugs: “What the Society of National Laboratories said on Monday is right,...
Read moreWe are in a situation of relative control,” – Health Ministry
Health Minister Daniel Salinas said that he expected greater vaccination against Covid in children and drew attention to the circulation of the flu virus. “We are in a situation of relative control, with a low percentage of beds occupied by or with Covid,” said Health Minister Daniel Salinas when asked...
Read morePediatric Vaccination drive to be conducted without a schedule, says MSP
The Public Health Ministry of Uruguay announced the availability of pediatric vaccines without any schedule for children on the scale of 5 to 11 years of age from Monday, June 20, 2022. The news was circulated through various communication channels of Secretary of State. Parents who want to get their...
Read moreUruguay authorities update travel restrictions
Uruguayan authorities are updating Covid restrictions relating to entry into the country as of June 17. The mask mandate which was lifted on April 4 was reintroduced for those people suffering from respiratory infections, medical professionals, and everyone who enters a health clinic. Local Measures In addition to the aforementioned masking...
Read moreIncrease in maternal mortality in 2020 and 2021: “The Covid-19 pandemic devastatingly impacted Uruguay,” said Leonel Briozzo
Maternal mortality had ceased to be a worrying issue in Uruguay. However, the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic seems to have changed the landscape. A study by the Gynecological Clinic A of the Faculty of Medicine (Fmed) of the University of the Republic (Udelar) showed that the maternal mortality rate...
Read moreUruguay makes masks compulsory in certain situations
In view of an increased number of cases of COVID-19, health officials of Uruguay have resumed the compulsory use of masks indoors. Due to an increase in influenza cases, masks are once again required in treatment centers and advised in public transportation. The Ministry of Health has made a report making mask usage...
Read moreFarewell to the great Galician hospital in Montevideo sold at auction to a Catholic group
El Observador said that the auction took place on the Stock Exchange this past Wednesday with a base price of $ 12,750,000. The finishing firm was Bavastro Remates, and the process was overseen by Fernando Cabrera, the Commercial Defense League’s Legal Services Manager (Lideco). Cecilia López Collazo, the president...
Read moreUruguay records 9000 plus Covid-19 cases
According to a study released by the Ministry of Public Health on Monday, Uruguay recorded 9,184 new covid-19 infections and 24 fatalities from the illness in the first week of June (MSP). As per the paper, 34,072 tests were conducted during that time period, with a positive rate of 20.6...
Read moreUruguay confirms MonkeyPox cases
Out of the four cases of monkeypox suspected in Uruguay, discovered, three of them were have tested negative for Monkeypox. They have been denied after health officials said on Sunday found that two of the cases were not monkeypox and another was earlier diagnosed as dengue fever. “The early findings...
Read moreUruguay president says COVID-19 positive, will not attend U.S.-hosted Americas Summit
After testing positive for COVID-19, President of Uruguay Luis Lacalle Pou stated on Twitter on Monday that he would not be able to visit the Summit of the Americas, which will be hosted by the United States, and that he is “cancelled all of his plans for the following...
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