The health system measures put into place in Uruguay to contain the spread of COVID-19 are:
* In order to prevent price gouging, a list of prices of basic sanitary products was published since April 17.
* Free service for medical consultation by phone since April 13.
* The facilities of the Spanish Hospital start to be conditioned to turn it into the first COVID-19 centre. A public-private partnership to develop the Coronavirus.uy application. A call by the National Research and Innovation Agency for the development of a COVID-19 fast diagnostic kit
– 80% of the project, for a maximum amount of URY 6 million, would be financed by the state. Sponsoring a collaboration between researchers form the Universidad de la Republica and the Pasteur Institute to develop molecular diagnostic techniques to detect COVID-19. Creation of a programme to host homeless people over 65 years old [since March 16].
The published information can be found here
