Omicron: Argentina, Bolivia, and Uruguay break Covid-19 case records

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Ministry of Health of Argentina registered on Wednesday 95,159 new cases of coronavirus, a record number of infections since the beginning of the pandemic. Uruguay also registered its highest number, reporting 5,330 new cases of covid-19 infection in 24 hours.

Argentina’s health agency reported 52 deaths from the virus on Wednesday, bringing the total number of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic to 117,346. The country is ranked 13th worldwide regarding the number of deaths due to covid-19.

URUGUAY

On the other hand, the National Emergency System of Uruguay confirmed one death due to covid in the whole country. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the country has registered 6181 deaths.

Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru are other countries registering an increase in the number of cases in the last week.

BOLIVIA

Like Argentina and Uruguay, Bolivia registered this Wednesday its record number of people infected with covid-19, according to a report by the Ministry of Health.

Bolivia registered 10,263 infections and 38 deaths in the last 24 hours. Since March 2020, 641,817 people have been infected, and 29,848 have died.

At the same time, the government decided to cancel until January 26 the requirement of a vaccination card against covid for entry to public or private spaces where there is a concentration of people. In force since January 1, the government measure was questioned by some organizations.

The Minister of Health, Jeyson Auza, said that this decision was taken to “favor the vaccination process”.

Official data indicate that 3.6 million people over 18 years of age received two doses of the vaccine, and 983,510 received a single dose, representing 40% of the Bolivian population.

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