China News Service, January 26. According to Peru’s “Gazette” on the 26th, the total number of confirmed cases of new crown in Peru reached 1099013 and the total number of deaths was 39,777.
With the continued spread of the second wave of the epidemic in the country and the emergence of mutant viruses, the number of hospitalized patients in many places has surged, and hospital resources and intensive care unit beds are extremely scarce.
The mayor of the capital Lima recently called for the designation of Lima as a "very high" epidemic risk area.
On July 23, 2020, local time, in Arequipa, Peru's second largest city, families of patients with new coronary pneumonia lined up to charge medical oxygen cylinders.
According to reports, on the 25th local time, Miguel Palacios, the dean of the Peruvian Medical College, said that the Peruvian Medical College has stated to the government the current situation of the epidemic and all the damage it may cause.
Palacios said that the current epidemic is "almost uncontrollable" and the health care system is beginning to collapse, but the country still has a chance.
He suggested that 100 high-fatality areas should be completely isolated and blocked and return to the third stage of economic recovery.
On the same day, Lima Mayor Jorge Muñoz also stated that Lima’s new crown virus infection rate is high and a large number of hospitals have collapsed.
However, Lima is still not classified as an area with "very high" epidemic risk by the Peruvian government.
Muñoz said, “Many facts show that the second wave of epidemic situation in Lima is very complicated and should have been divided into'extremely high' risk areas.” He urged the government not to wait until January 31 to begin adopting more restrictive measures. To deal with the rise of the epidemic curve.