Officials are crediting high vaccination rates in the region as more than 80 per cent of the population in the three countries have received at least two doses. The high increase in cases has yet to translate to significant numbers of hospitalizations and deaths. "The number of cases has really shot up." "There were numerous cases in my family after my birthday last week," Marina Barroso, 40, said outside a testing centre in a Buenos Aires suburb. "COVID is again on the rise in the Americas," Carissa Etienne, the head of the Pan American Health Organization, said during an online news conference last week.įor many residents in the region, the sharp increase has meant they suddenly have to think about the coronavirus again. The countries are part of a regional trend as cases have been rising across the continent. In Argentina, cases rose 146 per cent in the same period, while in Uruguay, the increase was almost 200 percent.Īlthough the number of positive tests remain far lower than in previous waves, experts say the increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is a reminder that the pandemic is far from over.Īrgentina's health minister, Carla Vizzotti, recently said that Argentina is "starting a fourth wave of COVID-19" while in Chile, Health Minister Begona Yarza characterized the current moment as "an inflection point in the pandemic" and in Uruguay, President Luis Lacalle Pou, said he was "worried" and called on everyone to be "vigilant." In Chile, the number of weekly confirmed cases more than doubled by late May when compared to the beginning of the month. Newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inboxĬases have been steadily increasing for weeks, largely fueled by the BA.2 version of the Omicron variant.But officials in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay hope high vaccination rates mean this latest wave will not be as deadly as previous ones.Īt the same time, there is concern that many people are not ready to once again take on the prevention measures that authorities say are needed to ensure cases remain manageable. We’ll be starting in on the Purple Rainera before you know it! I’ve also got a few ideas cooking for the podcast relaunch, so stay tuned for that.After a reprieve of months, confirmed cases of COVID-19 are surging in the southern tip of South America. I also may try and sneak a Patreon exclusive on one of the 1999 Super Deluxe bonus tracks in there, too. So you can expect “No Call U” at the end of the week on Patreon/late next week on the blog, with “1999” following at the beginning of February.
I was focused on finishing up my “ Lady Cab Driver” post when it came out last week, so I’m a little late in sharing my latest appearance on Jason Breininger’s Press Rewind podcast, talking about one of my biggest guilty pleasure B-sides from 1982: Press Rewind: “Horny Toad”Īnd speaking of 1982, there are only two official posts left before d / m / s / r leaves that year behind and moves into 1983! I was initially planning to go straight into “ 1999,” but I decided to take a short detour into “ No Call U” first: partly because I already know “1999” is going to be a huge, time-consuming post to write, and partly because I think it will end up making a little more “narrative” sense. the Texas Horned Lizard photo stolen from the Dallas News.) (Featured Image: An actual horny toad, a.k.a.
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