Events in the year 2021 in Uruguay.
Incumbents President: Luis Lacalle Pou Vice President: Beatriz Argimón
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. 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.
Scheduled events
March 8-April 26 — 460,000 doses of Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are scheduled for distribution among health workers. March 15 — 1,558,000 of CoronaVac are expected to arrive.
Deaths
6 January – Yamandú Palacios, singer, songwriter and guitarist (born 1940). 11 January – Walter Taibo, footballer (born 1931). 6 February – Santiago García, 30, footballer (Nacional, River Plate-UY, Godoy Cruz); suicide by gunshot.Conmoción en el fútbol: se suicidó el Morro García (body discovered on this date) 23 February – Juan Masnik, 77, football player (Club Nacional de Football, Uruguay national football team) and manager (Atlético Marte).Muere el uruguayo Juan Masnik, campeón de la Libertadores y compañero de Pelé 6 March – Franco Acosta, 25, footballer (Fénix, Villarreal B, Plaza Colonia); drowned. 12 March Andrés Abt, 47, politician, deputy (2020); COVID-19.Falleció Andrés Abt, alcalde del municipio CH, tras contraer coronavirus Uruguay Graffigna, 73, Uruguayan-Chilean footballer (San Luis de Quillota, Los Angeles Aztecs, PEC Zwolle); complications from COVID-19 and Alzheimer's disease.A los 73 años falleció Uruguay Graffigna, ídolo de San Luis de Quillota 25 March – Alberto Sonsol, 63, sports journalist and TV presenter; COVID-19.Murió Alberto Sonsol, reconocido relator y periodista deportivo 9 April – Eduardo Malaquina, 84, politician, intendant of Salto (1985–1990, 1995–2005) and senator (2011–2015).Falleció el colorado Eduardo Malaquina, quien fue tres veces intendente de Salto 28 August - Pablo Dabezies, 81, priest and theologian.
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