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After surging in March-June 2021, virus spread has
decreased significantly through steadfast
vaccination campaign
Uruguay: Covid-19 cases and vaccinations (1)
(As of November 11th, 2021)
90
5,000
1% of people with one
dose
80
4,000
1% of people with two
doses
70
1% of people with
60
booster shot
3,000
New cases (LHS)*
50
People vaccinated in LATAM, by number of dose (1)
(Share of total population, as of November 11th, 2021)
People with one dose
People with two doses
■People with third booster shot
2,000
1,000
Mar-20
Aug-20
Jan-21
Jun-21
Nov-21
(*) 7-day rolling average of new cases
40
- 30
20
10
20
40
60
80
Total purchase of 7,85 million vaccine doses (Sinovac, Pfizer and AstraZeneca), plus a donation of 500,000 Pfizer from the United
States. In October 2021, the Government agreed with Pfizer-BioNTech to purchase 3.7 million additional doses for 2022.
Starting in August, 2021, Uruguay began applying a third booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine for all those who received previously
two doses of Sinovac (approximately 1,500,000 people).
(1) Source: Our World in Data. In the case of Uruguay, it uses total population as estimated by the National Statistics Institute. Latest data available for each country.
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