Argentina has logged more than 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, a heavy blow to a country that intermittently imposed some of the most severe lockdowns in the world, only to see erratic compliance.
Some 614 people died from the disease in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 100,250, the Health Ministry said.
He was alluding to large gatherings of people that defied social distancing guidance and may have helped spread the virus in late 2020. There were demonstrations over the death of soccer star Diego Maradona and the approval in Congress of a law allowing abortion in most instances. Then restrictions on gatherings were relaxed over the Christmas holidays and Argentina’s southern hemisphere summer, encouraging people to let down their guard and spend time together. The vaccination effort has also been lagging.
Argentina has reported more than 4.6 million coronavirus infections. Doctors say many of those who are dying are between 40 and 60 years old and were infected about two months ago, before they had the chance to get vaccinated. The longer the hospital stay, the more likely the chance of increasing health complications and death.
Argentina has a population of about 45 million. Some 20.6 million people have received a first dose of the three available types of vaccines —- Sputnik, AstraZeneca and Sinopharm — and about 5.1 million have received two doses, according to official figures.
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