In Brazil's shadow, laid-back Uruguay curbs the coronavirus. The South American nation of 3.5 million people, known for its beef, laid-back lifestyle and legalized cannabis, has kept rates of COVID-19 at one of the lowest levels in Latin America
People go for a walk as the country has managed to get the coronavirus disease under control, in Montevideo, Uruguay May 23, 2020. REUTERS/Mariana Greif
With no deaths since May 23, government adviser Rafael Radi described the situation last week as being under “relative control.” “People come not only to buy books but to see you and talk for a while. It’s a happy thing to see them - at a distance but together here in the shop,” he said. Adriana Garcia Da Rosa, 57, a pediatrician in Montevideo, said the success was down to good government planning, while flu inoculations had helped keep pressure off the health service from seasonal illness.
Only a handful of the country’s approximately 650 intensive care unit beds available for COVID-19 patients are currently occupied, he said.
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