China News Service, June 18, according to Peru’s “Public News” report, on the 17th local time, the Peruvian Ministry of Health released data showing that Peru had tested 1.417 million new coronavirus samples. In the past day, Peru has added 3752 cases. The total number of confirmed cases reached 240,908; the number of new deaths was 201 and the total number of deaths was 7,257.
On March 17, local time, the Peruvian government announced the closure of the border. On the border between Peru and Bolivia, soldiers set up roadblocks.
The report said that the Peruvian government's cabinet recently approved that some shopping malls can be reopened on June 18.
The Peruvian Shopping Center Association (ACCEP) executive chairman Neuhaus said that they have taken all preventive and control measures to avoid the spread of the new coronavirus. He said that the temperature of people entering the shopping center will be measured, and the number of people will be monitored with cameras to ensure that the number does not exceed 50% of the total capacity to avoid crowds.
For the busiest food court in the shopping mall, managers will reduce chairs by 50% and the table will also maintain a certain distance. But the cinema will not reopen in the first phase.
In addition, the Peruvian Ministry of Education ordered that from July 1st, some offline primary schools and junior high schools in rural areas in Peru that are unable to connect to online courses and have low rates of new coronavirus infection will be resumed. The local education bureau will authorize the resumption of classes.