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2021 in Uruguay
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Events in the year 2021 in Uruguay.
Incumbents
Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Uruguay
- February 26 – 192,000 doses of CoronaVac arrive from China. Innuculations of teachers, police officers, firefighters, active duty military personnel, and employees of the Instituto del Niño y Adolescente del Uruguay (INAU) will begin on March 1.[1]
- March 25 – An Air Force helicopter carrying Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine en route to Rocha Department catches fire upon landing. The crew are taken to hospital and the cargo, destined for senior citizens (80+) is a total loss.[2]
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Scheduled events
- March 8-April 26 — 460,000 doses of Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are scheduled for distribution among health workers.[1]
- March 15 — 1,558,000 of CoronaVac are expected to arrive.[1]
Deaths
- 6 January – Yamandú Palacios, singer, songwriter and guitarist (born 1940).[3]
- 11 January – Walter Taibo, footballer (born 1931).[4]
- 6 February – Santiago García, 30, footballer (Nacional, River Plate-UY, Godoy Cruz); suicide by gunshot.[5] (body discovered on this date)
- 23 February – Juan Carlos Masnik, 77, football player (Club Nacional de Football, Uruguay national football team) and manager (Atlético Marte).[6]
- 6 March – Franco Acosta, 25, footballer (Fénix, Villarreal B, Plaza Colonia); drowned.[7]
- 12 March
- Andrés Abt, 47, politician, deputy (2020); COVID-19.[8]
- Uruguay Graffigna, 73, Uruguayan-Chilean footballer (San Luis de Quillota, Los Angeles Aztecs, PEC Zwolle); complications from COVID-19 and Alzheimer's disease.[9]
- 25 March – Alberto Sonsol, 63, sports journalist and TV presenter; COVID-19.[10]
- 9 April – Eduardo Malaquina, 84, politician, intendant of Salto (1985–1990, 1995–2005) and senator (2011–2015).[11]
- 28 August - Pablo Dabezies, 81, priest and theologian.[12]
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