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420 corpses . That is the death toll that in less than a week, between July 15 and 20, the Bolivian Special Force to Fight Crime (FELCC) has been found in streets, vehicles and homes. According to the FELCC director, Colonel Iván Rojas , the authorities fear for the health of the troops who come to collect the bodies: it is suspected that in 85% of cases the cause of death was COVID- 19.

The body surveys, the local newspaper 'La Razón' reported, have been carried out in five Bolivian departments. Cochabamba is the region with the most out-of-hospital cases , with 191, followed by La Paz , which registered 141.

On the other hand, the Institute of Forensic Investigations (IDIF) has transferred that, between April 1 and July 19, it has carried out an out-of-hospital legal medical examination of 3,016 bodies , among those suspected of having contracted the coronavirus and confirmed.

So far, Bolivia has confirmed a total of 2,273 official deaths from COVID-19, 55 more in the last 24 hours. The balance of the Andean country's Ministry of Health, collected by the ABI news agency , totals 1,366 new infections, which have raised the global count of those affected by the disease to 62,357 cases .

The worst part of the pandemic continues to be registered in the department of Santa Cruz , which has 30,887 positives , 578 of them observed in the last 24 hours. Behind her are La Paz and Cochabamba, with 10,621 infected and 6,694, respectively.

Bolivian experts have assured that Bolivia is in the phase of sustained contagion of the pandemic. According to calculations made by the Ministry of Health, this stage is expected to last for about seven weeks. If the projections are fulfilled, the newspaper 'El Deber' reported, in September the de-escalation or decline in the contagion curve would begin .

FREE VACCINE

On the other hand, the coronavirus vaccine produced by the University of Oxford will be distributed in Bolivia for free when it is ready. This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Health System Management, Miguel Ángel Delgado , who participated in a meeting with representatives of the institution that investigates the vaccine.

"The vaccines in Bolivia are free. Hopefully (Oxford) can finish the testing phase they are doing and become one of the countries that receives this vaccine," Delgado said, according to information from ABI. "It is going to be done at the donation level or it is going to be bought, but Bolivia is going to have access to these vaccines," he assured.

Coronavirus Clinic

Bolivia has also enabled this Tuesday a clinic for patients with covid 19, previously managed by Cuba and then occupied by the right-wing government installed after the resignation of President Evo Morales in 2019.

The clinic, located in the exclusive Achumani neighborhood of La Paz, was inspected by the government (Interior) ministers, Arturo Murillo , and interim health ministers , Fernando López , also head of Defense, along with some journalists.

"What was in the service of the fugitive Evo Morales, only him and his narco-corrupt terrorist thread, from next week will be at the service of the people, " Murillo has asked questions about the hospital property.

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