The President of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Pou, has been studying with his cabinet since Monday what the future of the health emergency declared on March 13, 2020 by COVID-19 is, since a significant part of the national population is vaccinated with three doses and indicators of new infections and deaths have remained relatively low in recent weeks.
Lacalle himself told the press days ago that he will soon receive the Minister of Public Health, Daniel Salinas, to analyze what is next. The meeting between the two was set for Monday afternoon. Last Wednesday, the president said at a press conference that they will talk about the health emergency and “changes in the requirements of all kinds.”
They will discuss the measures that “may be border measures, but also internal”, the latter “if cases continue to decline.”
Regarding the Covid Fund, which was formed in the decree that declared the health emergency, Lacalle explained that it is “a specific, conjunctural assistance fund, for the consequences of covid”, but he did not advance further on whether it will remain on the sidelines. eliminates or not the health emergency.
