10:40 | Lima, Jan. 13. The Ministry of Health (Minsa) aims to guarantee universal and equitable access to the COVID-19 vaccine, as well as make vaccination voluntary and free of charge, Health Minister Pilar Mazzetti has affirmed.
During her presentation at the Annual Conference of Executives (CADE-Executives), the minister noted that this year will be difficult for Peruvians, but vaccination will help gradually stop transmission, in such a way that citizens will experience better living conditions next year. Vaccination is the best cost-benefit strategy to reduce or eliminate diseases, said Mazzetti, adding that all citizens must contribute to achieving herd immunity.
The government official believes that uncertainty surrounding an emergency vaccination is reasonable but insisted that Minsa has acquired vaccines that have been proven safe and effective.
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11:49 | Lima, Jan. 8.
According to Health Minister Pilar Mazzetti, it was found in a Peruvian citizen, who resides in the capital city Lima and had attended a family reunion days before Christmas. The lady had symptoms, and her sample was sequenced as part of the epidemiological surveillance; thus, it was found that she has the mutation which is circulating in Europe, Dr. Mazzetti expressed. The research is being conducted on the citizens who had attended the same meeting, and we are also detecting some positive cases, she added.
Faced with this situation, the government official urged the Peruvian people to continue complying with the measures to prevent COVID-19 contagion because there are no magic pills or self-medication.
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09:02 | Lima, Jan. 8.
In statements to the media, the minister explained that the warehouse is capable of storing products requiring temperatures of 2-8 degrees Celsius and -20 degrees Celsius.
In addition, it has two 700 cubic meter freezer rooms, and three 40 cubic meter rooms with dual system, that is, they can be set up for refrigeration or freezing. In this area, we can receive up to 12 million doses all at once, independent of what has been stored. The doses, of course, arrive in separate shipments and will be distributed to different regions, she explained.
According to the Cabinet member, the efficacy rate for the vaccines acquired by Peru meet the international standard of over 70%. Sinopharm s has an efficacy rate of nearly 80%.
Photo: ANDINA/Ministry of Health of Peru
11:49 | Lima, Jan. 8.
According to Health Minister Pilar Mazzetti, it was found in a Peruvian citizen, who resides in the capital city Lima and had attended a family reunion days before Christmas. The lady had symptoms, and her sample was sequenced as part of the epidemiological surveillance; thus, it was found that she has the mutation which is circulating in Europe, Dr. Mazzetti expressed. The research is being conducted on the citizens who had attended the same meeting, and we are also detecting some positive cases, she added.
Faced with this situation, the government official urged the Peruvian people to continue complying with the measures to prevent COVID-19 contagion because there are no magic pills or self-medication.