Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: BACKGROUNDIn 2020, as the SARS-CoV-2 virus spread globally, many countries around the world experienced substantial increases in mortality, including in Latin America.In that year, many non-pharmaceutical measures were implemented in Uruguay.The first COVID-19 vaccines were administered in February 2021.Uruguay has various characteristics that were pointed out as risk factors in the course of the pandemic, mainly an old population, high urbanization levels, and socioeconomic inequalities.were fewer deaths than expected that year.Here we extend the analysis until the end of 2022, showing that unlike the first pandemic year, there was a substantial mortality increase in Uruguay in 2021 and 2022.
Source: Demographic Research
Language: English
Subfield: Modeling and Simulation
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4403461401