Peru has more than doubled its official death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic following a government review of the figures, leaving the country with the highest coronavirus-related death rate per capita in the world.
The immunization of people aged 60-64 years against COVID-19 will start on May 31 and will be delivered in a fragmented fashion in order to avoid crowds at vaccination sites, <a href="https://www.gob.pe/institucion/minsa/funcionarios/37046-oscar-raul-ugarte-ubilluz"target=" blank"
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08:40 | Lima, May. 25. The immunization of people aged 60-64 years against COVID-19 will start on May 31 and will be delivered in a fragmented fashion in order to avoid crowds at vaccination sites, Peru s Health Minister Oscar Ugarte has announced.
According to the minister, more comorbidities will be included in the priority groups, so the vaccination sites there are 62 in Lima and brigades in charge of administering the COVID-19 vaccine have been strengthened to that end.
In addition, Ugarte remarked that the inoculation of people aged 50 and above is expected to begin in July. The schedule for the next half of the year is almost ready. Therefore, in a few weeks, we will announce the vaccination times of everyone until December, he pointed out.
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