In Uruguay, by the Polar Cold Wave, Seven People Died in Street Situations
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The president of the Republic, Yamandú Orsi, referred this Tuesday to the special operation activated by the government due to the extreme cold, which seeks to protect people in street situations from the risk posed by low temperatures. Consulted by the press during his visit to the Regional University Center East in Maldonado, Orsi acknowledged that there are structural limitations: “We realized that we lacked tools to solve fundamental issues,…
Uruguay activates extreme cold red alert with mandatory evacuation for people in street situations. The government made the decision after recording seven deaths due to cold exposure in less than a month Read more
Orsi said that when the first hundred days of government were fulfilled, the worst thing that happened to him was to find out that a person in a street situation had died.
Uruguay declared red alert for extreme cold after 7 deaths of street people. Orsi’s government was criticized for the late reaction.
The Government declared a public red alert with national reach due to the adverse climate situation.The measure involves the preventive transfer of persons at risk and an inter-institutional reinforcement throughout the Uruguayan territory until the weather conditions improve.By Presidency UyPeople and animals in vulnerable or at risk situation will be evacuated and moved to shelters or centres arranged for that purpose.The measure will end when…
Montevideo, 23 Jun (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan government today raised the alert for the freezing casualties and the situation of people in the street, several of whom died in recent days. The post Red Alert in Uruguay by extreme cold and people from the street first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.
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