{"id":8435,"date":"2020-07-07T09:24:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T14:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/?p=8435"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:50:10","slug":"el-eficaz-manejo-de-la-pandemia-en-uruguay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/en\/plataformas-digitales\/el-eficaz-manejo-de-la-pandemia-en-uruguay\/","title":{"rendered":"Effective management of the pandemic in Uruguay using data technology and interconnected strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8435\" class=\"elementor elementor-8435\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0a79a54 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"0a79a54\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67025e4\" data-id=\"67025e4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b164f69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b164f69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From the first case registered in the second week of March to the first week of July, Uruguay has less than 1,000 confirmed cases and more than 800 recovered patients.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1a50bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"a1a50bc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-04fca8a\" data-id=\"04fca8a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1aeb2a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1aeb2a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The first challenge of Uruguay's new administration (2020-2025), was to restrain the advance of COVID-19 in the country, since just 12 days after the entrance of the new government, the first four cases of coronavirus were confirmed. President Luis Lacalle Pou took office on 1 March 2020, and days later on 11 March, the World Health Organization (WHO), declared the COVID-19 outbreak, as a pandemic.<\/p><p>Daniel Salinas, current Minister of Health, held a meeting on 28 February, days before taking office, with a group of experts after learning the COVID-19 global picture. The idea of creating a group of scientific experts to deal with the epidemic would be born from that meeting.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ae02a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"5ae02a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8063f64\" data-id=\"8063f64\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0462a0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0462a0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On 19 March the Ministry of Health ordered the establishment of the <strong>Committee of Scientific Experts<\/strong> <strong>in Crisis Management<\/strong>, saying that \"due to the situation it is essential to have the opinion of experts in various scientific areas\".<\/p><p>The scientists chosen for this diverse committee were: Dr. Jos\u00e9 Pedro Arcos of the National Academy of Medicine, Dr. Roberto Salvatela, Advisor on Infectious Diseases of PAHO\/WHO, Dr. Julio Medina, Director of the Chair of Infectious Diseases, Dr. Jorge Facal, Director of the Medical Clinic \"1\" of the Maciel Hospital, Dr. Julio Vignolo, Director of the Chair of Family Medicine, Colonel, Dr. Lilian Porta of the Department of Epidemiology of the National Directorate of Health of the Armed Forces and the. Dr. Henry Albornoz, infectologist medical doctor, intensivist and advisor to the General Directorate Health.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ef08ec\" data-id=\"5ef08ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5160c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c5160c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/El-eficaz-manejo-de-la-pandemia-en-Uruguay-utilizando-tecnolog\u00eda-de-datos-y-estrategias-interconectadas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8436\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/El-eficaz-manejo-de-la-pandemia-en-Uruguay-utilizando-tecnolog\u00eda-de-datos-y-estrategias-interconectadas.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/El-eficaz-manejo-de-la-pandemia-en-Uruguay-utilizando-tecnolog\u00eda-de-datos-y-estrategias-interconectadas-660x347.jpg 660w, https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/El-eficaz-manejo-de-la-pandemia-en-Uruguay-utilizando-tecnolog\u00eda-de-datos-y-estrategias-interconectadas-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/El-eficaz-manejo-de-la-pandemia-en-Uruguay-utilizando-tecnolog\u00eda-de-datos-y-estrategias-interconectadas-840x441.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6569608 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"6569608\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-abefc7d\" data-id=\"abefc7d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0015790 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0015790\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This group helped define the health strategy, create the right tools and channels to disseminate the information available at the time on SARS-CoV-2.<\/p><p>The Minister of Health acknowledges that the government relied heavily on the local scientific system since the beginning of the health emergency, which was critical when facing COVID-19. As a result, molecular diagnostic tests began to be developed to reduce dependence on reactive tests arriving from abroad at a high cost.<\/p><p>Subsequently, after a month of the first case, on April 16, the Presidency created the <strong>Honorary Scientific Advisory Group (GACH)<\/strong>, composed of Rafael Radi, Fernando Paganini and Henry Cohen and a group of more than 50 experts. The presidency assured that it was created to provide quality scientific advice and comparing international experience to assist in government decision-making.<\/p><p>Within the GACH, there are two areas for the management of the health emergency: <strong>Health Planning Area, Assistance and Prevention and Area of Models and Data Science.<\/strong>As for the Model and Data Science Area, coordinated by Dr. Paganini, there are four additional groups, the first one is <strong>Data for Surveillance<\/strong>, whose members work in conjunction with epidemiologists of the Ministry of Health, and follow up on confirmed cases through computer systems. <strong>Models and projections<\/strong>, this group is responsible for the mathematical modeling of the epidemic, trend indicators and short-term projections, in addition they measure the imparting on the health structure, such as hospital capacity. <strong>Sampling and statistical analysis,<\/strong> in which uno observed phenomena such as those unreported cases, asymptomatic cases, the level of contact between the population are investigated and the implementation of new tests (PCR or serological) and surveys.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec80d7f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"ec80d7f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15fa075\" data-id=\"15fa075\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-098babd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"098babd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Uruguay_interior_2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8438\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Uruguay_interior_2.png 1200w, https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Uruguay_interior_2-660x347.png 660w, https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Uruguay_interior_2-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/saluddigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Uruguay_interior_2-840x441.png 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f11c0cd\" data-id=\"f11c0cd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c1d56e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c1d56e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Mobility and Apps<\/strong> is the fourth group, in which the mobility of the population is recorded and monitored through applications on smartphones. Thanks to this group the Coronavirus UY application was created, available on GooglePlay, AppStore and AppGallery, this application uses<strong> technology of <em>Contact tracing tools<\/em><\/strong> from Google and Apple, activating exposure alerts the application will be able to warn the user if it was exposed to a possible contagion. Uruguay was one of 22 countries that approved the use of this technology for the development of applications against coronavirus.<\/p><p>In addition, as part of the <strong>National Coronavirus Plan<\/strong>the government enabled a telephone number and several digital channels to make available to the population official information such as recommendations, tools to schedule diagnostics and medical advice, consult statistics and data on daily updates on COVID-19, among other types of necessary information.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eabb2a4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"eabb2a4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca1cb00\" data-id=\"ca1cb00\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7852f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7852f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A Chatbot is available on the Ministry of Health's website, <em>chatbot<\/em>which answers basic questions about coronavirus immediately. In addition to this Chatbot, <em>chatbot<\/em>a communication channel was also enabled on Facebook Messenger, via @MPSUruguay.<\/p><p>In addition, through the number 098 99 99 99 on WhatsApp it is possible to schedule consultations on COVID-19.<\/p><p>Thanks to all these strategies, Uruguay has one of the lowest fatality rates in Latin America and has fewer than 50 deaths until the first week of July. However, an important part of Uruguay's effective strategy was consensus among the political class, as the various political parties supported the government's actions in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak. In addition, the economic plan also reached consensus, and thus the Coronavirus Fund was created, which was financed by the 20% reduction in public servants' salaries - including the president - earning more than $1,800 a month.<\/p><p>Another key factor was its universal health system, almost unique in Latin America, as all Uruguayans have access to health. In addition, its primary care system and local family doctors were important for immediate medical care to prevent complications and deaths.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9eded77 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"9eded77\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f93c0e9\" data-id=\"f93c0e9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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WORLD<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dDHHLysaCHg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dDHHLysaCHg<\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>THE OBSERVER<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elobservador.com.uy\/nota\/el-equipo-completo-de-cientificos-que-asesoran-al-gobierno-y-como-trabajan-2020521143522\">https:\/\/www.elobservador.com.uy\/nota\/el-equipo-completo-de-cientificos-que-asesoran-al-gobierno-y-como-trabajan-2020521143522<\/a><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>THE COUNTRY URUGUAY<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elpais.com.uy\/informacion\/sociedad\/uruguay-aprueba-tecnologia-rastreo-contactos-covid-google-apple.html\">https:\/\/www.elpais.com.uy\/informacion\/sociedad\/uruguay-aprueba-tecnologia-rastreo-contactos-covid-google-apple.html<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elpais.com.uy\/informacion\/sociedad\/asi-le-avisaran-estuvo-contacto-caso-coronavirus.html\">https:\/\/www.elpais.com.uy\/informacion\/sociedad\/asi-le-avisaran-estuvo-contacto-caso-coronavirus.html<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Desde el primer caso registrado la segunda semana de marzo, hasta la primera semana de julio, Uruguay contabiliza menos de mil contagios confirmados y m\u00e1s de 800 pacientes recuperados. El primer reto de la nueva administraci\u00f3n de Uruguay (2020-2025), fue contener el avance del COVID-19 en el pa\u00eds, ya que tan solo 12 d\u00edas despu\u00e9s de la entrada del nuevo gobierno, se confirmaron los primeros cuatro casos de coronavirus. El presidente Luis Lacalle Pou asumi\u00f3 el cargo el 1 de marzo de 2020, y d\u00edas despu\u00e9s el 11 de marzo, la Organizaci\u00f3n Mundial de la Salud (OMS), declarar\u00eda el bote de COVID-19 en el mundo como pandemia. Daniel Salinas, actual Ministro de Salud, tras conocer el panorama del COVID-19 sostuvo una reuni\u00f3n el 28 de febrero, d\u00edas antes de asumir su cargo, con un grupo de expertos. De esta reuni\u00f3n nacer\u00eda la idea de crear un grupo de expertos cient\u00edficos para afrontar la epidemia. El 19 de marzo el Ministerio de Salud orden\u00f3 la creaci\u00f3n del Comit\u00e9 de Expertos Cient\u00edficos en Gesti\u00f3n de la Crisis, respondiendo a \u201cque debido a la situaci\u00f3n resulta imprescindible contar con la opini\u00f3n de expertos en diversas \u00e1reas cient\u00edficas\u201d. Los cient\u00edficos elegidos para este robusto y diverso comit\u00e9 fueron: el Dr. Jos\u00e9 Pedro Arcos de la Academia Nacional de Medicina, el Dr. Roberto Salvatela, Asesor en Enfermedades Infecciosas de la OPS\/OMS, el Dr. Julio Medina, Director de la C\u00e1tedra de Enfermedades Infecciosas, el Dr. Jorge Facal, Director de la Cl\u00ednica M\u00e9dica \u201c1\u201d del Hospital Maciel, el Dr. Julio Vignolo, director de la C\u00e1tedra de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, la Tte. Cnel. Dra. Lilian Porta del Departamento de Epidemiolog\u00eda de la Direcci\u00f3n Nacional de Sanidad de las Fuerzas Armadas y el. Dr. Henry Albornoz, infect\u00f3logo, intensivista y asesor de la Direcci\u00f3n General de la Salud. Este grupo ayud\u00f3 a delimitar la estrategia sanitaria, a crear herramientas y los canales correctos para difundir la informaci\u00f3n disponible en ese momento sobre el SARS-CoV-2. El Ministro de Salud, reconoce que el gobierno se apoy\u00f3 fuertemente en el sistema cient\u00edfico local desde el inicio de la emergencia sanitaria, lo que fue fundamental para hacer frente al COVID-19. Pues en gracias a ello se comenzaron a desarrollar test de diagn\u00f3stico molecular para reducir la dependencia a los test reactivos que llegaban del extranjero a un alto costo. Posteriormente, tras un mes del primer caso, el 16 de abril, la presidencia cre\u00f3 el Grupo Asesor Cient\u00edfico Honorario (GACH), integrado por Rafael Radi, Fernando Paganini y Henry Cohen y un grupo de m\u00e1s de 50 expertos. La presidencia asegur\u00f3 que se cre\u00f3 para brindar asesoramiento cient\u00edfico de calidad y comparando la experiencia internacional, a fin de asistir a la toma de decisiones gubernamentales. Dentro Del GACH, existen dos \u00e1reas para el manejo de la emergencia sanitaria: \u00c1rea Planificaci\u00f3n salud, asistencia y prevenci\u00f3n y \u00c1rea de modelos y ciencia de datos. En cuanto al \u00c1rea de modelos y ciencia de datos, coordinada por el Dr. Paganini, se desprenden cuatro grupos adicionales, el primero Datos para la vigilancia, cuyos miembros trabajan en conjunto con Epidemiolog\u00eda del Ministerio de Salud, y les dan seguimiento a los casos confirmados a trav\u00e9s de sistemas inform\u00e1ticos. Modelos y proyecciones, este grupo se encarga del modelado matem\u00e1tico de la epidemia, los indicadores de tendencias y proyecciones a corto plazo, adem\u00e1s miden el imparto sobre la estructura de salud, como la capacidad hospitalaria. Muestreo y an\u00e1lisis estad\u00edstico, en el cual se investigan fen\u00f3menos no observados como aquellos casos no reportados, casos asintom\u00e1ticos, el nivel de contacto entre la poblaci\u00f3n la implementaci\u00f3n de nuevos test (PCR o serol\u00f3gicos) y encuestas. Movilidad y Apps es otro de los grupos, en este se registra y monitorea la movilidad de la poblaci\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de aplicaciones en tel\u00e9fonos inteligentes. Gracias a este grupo se cre\u00f3 la aplicaci\u00f3n Coronavirus UY, disponible en GooglePlay, AppStore y AppGallery, esta aplicaci\u00f3n utiliza la tecnolog\u00eda de contact tracing de Google y Apple, activando las alertas de exposici\u00f3n la aplicaci\u00f3n podr\u00e1 avisar al usuario si estuvo expuesto a un posible contagio. Uruguay fue uno de los 22 pa\u00edses que aprob\u00f3 el uso esta tecnolog\u00eda para el desarrollo de aplicaciones contra el coronavirus. Adicionalmente, como parte del Plan Nacional Coronavirus, el gobierno habilit\u00f3 un n\u00famero telef\u00f3nico y varios canales digitales para poner a disposici\u00f3n de la poblaci\u00f3n informaci\u00f3n oficial como recomendaciones, herramientas para agendar diagn\u00f3sticos y asesor\u00eda m\u00e9dica, consultar estad\u00edsticas y datos sobre las actualizaciones diarias sobre el COVID-19, entre otros tipos de informaci\u00f3n necesaria. En el sitio web del Ministerio de Salud est\u00e1 disponible un Chatbot, que responde dudas b\u00e1sicas sobre el Coronavirus de forma inmediata. Adem\u00e1s de este Chatbot, tambi\u00e9n se habilit\u00f3 un canal de comunicaci\u00f3n en Messenger de Facebook, a trav\u00e9s de @MPSUruguay. Adem\u00e1s, a trav\u00e9s del n\u00famero 098 99 99 99 en WhatsApp es posible agendar consultas sobre COVID-19. Gracias a todas estas estrategias, Uruguay tiene una de las tasas de letalidad m\u00e1s bajas en Latinoam\u00e9rica y registra menos de 50 muertes hasta la primera semana de julio. Sin embargo, una parte importante de la eficaz estrategia de Uruguay su gobierno fue el consenso entre la clase pol\u00edtica, pues los diferentes partidos pol\u00edticos apoyaron las medidas del gobierno ante el brote de COVID-19. Adem\u00e1s, el plan econ\u00f3mico, tambi\u00e9n logr\u00f3 consenso, y as\u00ed se cre\u00f3 el Fondo del Coronavirus que se financi\u00f3 con la reducci\u00f3n del 20% de sueldos funcionarios p\u00fablicos -incluyendo el presidente- que ganaran m\u00e1s de 1,800 USD al mes. Otro factor clave fue su sistema de salud universal, casi \u00fanico en Am\u00e9rica Latina, pues decir todos los uruguayos tienen acceso a la salud. Adem\u00e1s, su sistema de atenci\u00f3n primaria y m\u00e9dicos familiares en localidades fueron importantes para una atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica inmediata para evitar complicaciones y muertes. 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