Uruguayan president raises concern amid spike in COVID-19 cases


MONTEVIDEO, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou on Thursday raised concern about the spike in new COVID-19 cases in recent weeks, a little over a month after the end of the health emergency.

"I am concerned," he told journalists from Punta del Este. "The minister of public health has made some non-pharmacological recommendations that must be followed."

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