Photo: PCM
16:10 | Lima, May. 9.
Health Minister Oscar Ugarte has received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and has urged Peruvians to lend their shoulder. We have met our duty to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by waiting our turn and without skipping the queue. Let us continue to lend our shoulder, he posted on Twitter.
The minister took the opportunity to extend his best wishes to mothers on their day. I would like to express my appreciation to those mothers who have come here to get vaccinated, this is surely their best gift, as well as those who are working for everyone to get vaccinated, Ugarte pointed out.
Photo: PCM
16:10 | Lima, May. 9.
Health Minister Oscar Ugarte has received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and has urged Peruvians to lend their shoulder. We have met our duty to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by waiting our turn and without skipping the queue. Let us continue to lend our shoulder, he posted on Twitter.
The minister took the opportunity to extend his best wishes to mothers on their day. I would like to express my appreciation to those mothers who have come here to get vaccinated, this is surely their best gift, as well as those who are working for everyone to get vaccinated, Ugarte pointed out.
Photo: Presidency of the Republic.
14:16 | Mazamari (Junin region), May. 6.
Peruvian President Francisco Sagasti on Thursday affirmed that the Government will provide a clear path in the fight against illicit drug trafficking and inter-institutional cooperation in this field, to his successor in office on July 28.
In statements from Mazamari, in Junin region, Mr. Sagasti said that the population s expectations concerning fight against crime, organized crime, and illicit drug trafficking require firm commitment from all. The Transition and Emergency Government has been providing solid support to the National Police so that it can restore public confidence as it is doing and reinstate the idea of teamwork, he stated.
Lima, Peru – While the world watches in horror as India’s coronavirus case count explodes, another intense outbreak is unfolding – albeit on a much smaller scale – in Peru, which sits atop the global per capita mortality rankings.
The Andean nation has registered more than 4,000 excess dead per million residents since the start of the pandemic, or more than 166,815 deaths, the Financial Times reported, a 123 percent rise compared with the historical average.
Excess deaths are viewed as more accurate than the official Peruvian health ministry figure of 62,126 confirmed deaths linked to the coronavirus.
“Almost all Peruvians know someone who has died from COVID,” said Cesar Carcamo, an epidemiologist at Cayetano Heredia University, Peru’s leading medical school.
UPDATE - Peru Signs Contract With Pfizer to Supply 12 Million Doses of COVID Vaccine - President Thu 06th May 2021 | 04:50 AM
BUENOS AIRES (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th May, 2021) Peru has signed a contract with Pfizer to supply 12 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the country, President Francisco Sagasti said. We have signed a new contract with Pfizer for 12 million additional doses of the vaccine, Sagasti tweeted.
The vaccine is to reach Peru by the end of the year. Thus, by that time, the country will receive 60 million doses of medicines from various manufacturers.
In addition, with the arrival of the Pfizer vaccine, Peru will be able to begin vaccinating people under 18.