China News Service, September 17 According to Peru's "Communiqué", Peru reported a total of 744,400 confirmed cases of new crown on the 16th.
On the same day, the chief economist of a well-known Peruvian credit consulting company pointed out that although the Peruvian economy has been hit hard by the epidemic and its growth rate has fallen sharply, the economy has begun to recover in recent months, and the decline is expected to be less than 10% in September 2020.
Data map: The picture shows the families of Peruvian new crown patients lining up to charge oxygen cylinders.
According to the epidemic report issued by the Ministry of Health of Peru on September 16, compared with the previous day’s report, Peru has newly confirmed 6,380 new cases of new crown, of which 1926 new cases have been added in the past 24 hours, and the other 4454 cases have been adjusted and supplemented. A total of 744,400 confirmed cases; 124 new deaths in a single day, a total of 31051 deaths.
At present, 9,749 people have been hospitalized for treatment, and 587,717 have recovered.
On the same day, Peruvian President Vizcarra announced that starting from the 20th, people will be allowed to travel for personal or business reasons in areas where the country currently does not implement compulsory quarantine measures, but the organization or participation in family gatherings and social gatherings will still be prohibited.
At the same time, people are not allowed to use personal transportation vehicles when traveling.
In addition, starting from September 21, the curfew measures currently implemented from 22:00 to 4:00 the next day will be delayed by 1 hour, that is, the implementation will begin at 23:00.
On the 16th, Daniel, the chief economist of Credicorp Capital, a well-known Peruvian credit consulting company, said that although the Peruvian economy has been hit hard by the epidemic and its growth rate has fallen sharply, it has begun to recover in recent months and is expected to fall in September 2020. Will be less than 10%.
Daniel predicts that the Peruvian economy will shrink by 11% to 15% in 2020, with a midpoint of 13%, and Peru’s GDP is expected to grow by 6% to 10% in 2021, with a midpoint of 8%.
However, political factors may affect economic recovery and require close supervision.
He said that the government must lead the process of economic recovery.
Daniel pointed out that during the worst of the epidemic, Peru lost nearly 3 million job opportunities, but according to the Statistics Bureau, 1.4 million jobs have been restored from June to August 2020.