Photo: The Ministry of Health (Minsa).
22:04 | Lima, Feb. 8. The deployment of the Sinopharm vaccine doses in regions under extreme alert will begin on Tuesday afternoon so that the immunization process can start on Wednesday, February 10, Ministers Claudia Cornejo (Foreign Trade and Tourism) and Alejandro Neyra (Culture) reported on Monday.
According to the government officials, the vaccination process will begin in regions under extreme alert: Lima (including Metropolitan Lima and the Constitutional Province of Callao), Ancash, Pasco, Huanuco, Junin, Huancavelica, Ica, Apurimac, and Loreto.
In addition, it was reported that the first region to receive the vaccines is Huanuco, due to the pandemic-related situation.
COVID-19
Of the total accumulated positive cases of COVID-19 in Metropolitan Lima (480,438), the jurisdiction of South Lima represents 46.6% (223,972) so far in the pandemic, reported the Directorate of Integrated Health Networks (Diris) South Lima of the Ministry of Health (Minsa).
The executive director of Health Monitoring and Management of the Diris Lima Sur, Oscar Manuel Espejo Fernández, explained that, according to what was reported in the COVID-19 Situation Room of the Diris Lima Sur, as of February 3 of this year, 86.1% of active cases are found in 5 of the 13 districts of this jurisdiction, being Santiago de Surco (994), Villa El Salvador (818), San Juan de Miraflores (744), Villa María del Triunfo (713) and Chorrillos (688) the districts where the increase has been observed since the beginning of January.
Photo: ANDINA/Renato Pajuelo
10:34 | Lima, Feb. 2. The mandatory social immobilization measure in regions under extreme alert due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be in effect twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Claudia Cornejo has reported.
Additionally, the high-ranking official explained that one member per household will be able to leave home from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. in order to buy essential food and medicines, access health services, and go for a walk of one hour. The following needs to be considered in the case of the regions under extreme alert: people are allowed to leave home between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. to perform essential activities such as the purchase of essential food and medicines, doctor s appointments, and a one-hour walk, she said on Monday night.
Photo: ANDINA/Renato Pajuelo
10:34 | Lima, Feb. 2. The mandatory social immobilization measure in regions under extreme alert due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be in effect twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Claudia Cornejo has reported.
Additionally, the high-ranking official explained that one member per household will be able to leave home from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. in order to buy essential food and medicines, access health services, and go for a walk of one hour. The following needs to be considered in the case of the regions under extreme alert: people are allowed to leave home between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. to perform essential activities such as the purchase of essential food and medicines, doctor s appointments, and a one-hour walk, she said on Monday night.
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