With recent surge, Uruguay battles to contain coronavirus

Doctor Carolina Moreira, right, prepares to check the body temperature of COVID-19 patient Irma Llanes, 82, at her home in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, May 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Doctor Carolina Moreira, left, says goodbye to her COVID-19 patient Andrea Minos, 48, after a checkup at her home in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, May 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Doctor Carolina Moreira, right, checks on COVID-19 patient Irma Llanes, 82, center, at her home in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, May 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Doctor Carolina Moreira checks a COVID-19 patient at his home in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, May 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Doctor Carolina Moreira, right, measures the blood pressure of COVID-19 patient Andrea Minos, 48, at her home in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, May 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Doctor Carolina Moreira is seen through an elevator's door window as she leaves a COVID-19 patient's apartment after a check-up in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, May 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

COVID-19 patient Elizabeth Cervino, 87, lies in her bed with an oximeter on her finger, while being visited by a doctor at her home amid the new coronavirus pandemic in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, May 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Doctor Carolina Moreira waits at the door of a COVID-19 patient during a home visit in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, May 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Doctor Carolina Moreira, left, checks on Elizabeth Cervino, 87, during her rounds visiting COVID-19 patients at their homes amid the new coronavirus pandemic in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, May 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Doctor Carolina Moreira, right, takes the blood pressure of COVID-19 patient Elizabeth Cervino, 87, at her home in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, May 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Doctor Carolina Moreira, right, checks on COVID-19 patient Irma Llanes, 82, at her home in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, May 31, 2021.(AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Driver Jose Maria Ruiz disinfects doctor Carolina Moreira after a home visit of a COVID-19 patient in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, May 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Doctor Carolina Moreira checks on COVID-19 patient Carlos Broll, 49, at his home in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, May 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)