How tiny Uruguay, wedged between Brazil and Argentina, has avoided the worst of the coronavirus

How tiny Uruguay, wedged between Brazil and Argentina, has avoided the worst of the coronavirus

How tiny Uruguay, wedged between Brazil and Argentina, has avoided the worst of the coronavirus

The date wasn’t lost on Uruguayans.

After watching the novel coronavirus emerge in China and spread to Europe, the country confirmed its first four cases on Friday the 13th — an apparently ominous opening for a disease that would soon burn a wide path through Latin America.

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