Minister of Tourism tests positive for covid and government urges third dose

In contact with people who were infected, I have performed a PCR that yielded a positive result for COVID-19. I am suffering from the disease in a very mild form, which confirms the importance of vaccination since I have all 3 doses. .Happy Holidays

– Tabaré Viera (@Tabareviera) December 25, 2021

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Uruguay is going through an increase in the number of positive cases in recent days. This Friday 612 new infections were confirmed, the maximum daily number in the last six months. That day, in addition, the positivity rate was 5.4%.

Until this friday active cases were 3,804, which also means the highest number since mid-July.

In a special greeting for the Holidays published on his social networks, the Secretary of the Presidency, Álvaro Delgado, urged citizens to give themselves the third dose of the vaccine against covid-19.

“We finished this year much better than we started it”said Delgado, who conveyed a message “from the heart.” The hierarch thanked the Uruguayans for “having used responsible freedom to take care of yourself, and today have the pandemic under control”.

Too “for having put his arm up and getting vaccinated, for helping to shield us from the challenges that are threatening us.” And to those who “put their shoulders” and who allowed the country to be in an economic recovery phase that, he said, will be consolidated this season.

“Thanks to all of you, we can see the future with greater optimism, with greater joy and, above all, with greater hope”, Delgado concluded.

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