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02:10 | Lima, May. 13. The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru shows a downward trend in important indicators, such as the percentage of new infections per week, the number of positive cases recorded per day, and the daily death toll, Health Minister Oscar Ugarte has reported. There is a trend towards a decline in three indicators: the percentage of infections and this is confirmed by the tests conducted on a daily basis, which are assessed week after week the daily cases, and the decline in the daily death toll, Ugarte explained.
According to the health sector s head, all we can do is wait until this favorable trend results in a significant reduction in the occupancy of hospital beds and, particularly, in the occupancy of ICU beds.
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08:00 | Lima, May. 11. Since the immunization process began in Peru, 2,117,737 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered. Also, 1,410,834 people have received the first dose, while 706,903 are fully vaccinated with a second dose, Agrarian Development and Irrigation Minister Federico Tenorio has reported. We have administered more than 2 million doses of the vaccine, the minister said in the conference he gave on Monday, together with Interior Minister Jose Elice, at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM).
Olinda, 84, became the two millionth person to receive a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. She was identified in a symbolic way as such after she received the jab in Lima s El Agustino district.
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08:00 | Lima, May. 11. Since the immunization process began in Peru, 2,117,737 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered. Also, 1,410,834 people have received the first dose, while 706,903 are fully vaccinated with a second dose, Agrarian Development and Irrigation Minister Federico Tenorio has reported. We have administered more than 2 million doses of the vaccine, the minister said in the conference he gave on Monday, together with Interior Minister Jose Elice, at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM).
Olinda, 84, became the two millionth person to receive a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. She was identified in a symbolic way as such after she received the jab in Lima s El Agustino district.
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08:00 | Lima, Apr. 27. The Government expects that the vaccination of citizens aged above 70 will begin on April 30, once the immunization of people over the age of 80 is complete.
The announcement was made on Monday afternoon by Production Minister Jose Luis Chicoma during a conference he gave at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) to report on measures taken by the Executive Branch in order to control the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Government s goal is to vaccinate 4,650,000 people against the novel coronavirus by July 28 this year.
Concerning the progress made in the vaccination process, Chicoma explained that, to date, 116,369 people over the age of 80 have already been immunized in Lima and Callao.