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Second COVID-19 Infection Claims Life of Bolivian Leader in Fight Against Pandemic

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The man who designed the strategy to fight the coronavirus pandemic in Bolivia’s most populous region of Santa Cruz, Dr. Óscar Javier Urenda Aguilera, died this morning, July 24th, of a second COVID infection after recovering from a first bout with the disease and returning to lead efforts to contain the epidemic in Bolivia.

Due largely to his position as a health professional in charge of the fight against the pandemic, this is one of the few well-documented cases of re-infection in the world.

Urenda, who was the Secretary of Health of the . . .

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