China News Service, March 9th. According to Peru’s “Gazette” report, the new crown epidemic data released by the Peruvian Ministry of Health on the 8th local time showed that there were 3,291 new confirmed cases of new crown in the country, of which 1790 were new in the past 24 hours. In addition, 1501 is a supplement, with a total of 1,374,467 confirmed cases; 119 new deaths in a single day, and a total of 47,973 deaths.
There are still 14,960 people in hospital and 1,282,228 people have recovered.
Peruvian Cabinet Prime Minister Violetta Bemudez pledged on the 8th that all elderly people will be vaccinated against the new crown, whether it is part of the social medical insurance system or other social security projects.
The Prime Minister of Peru pointed out that the government will refer to the data from the Peruvian National Identity and Citizenship Registry to vaccinate everyone, and thank all civil servants in the local, regional and central governments, especially those in the health sector, because they have been in a difficult period of the epidemic. Continue to perform duties.
At the same time, Production Minister Jose Luiz reported that as of 4 pm local time on the 8th, 325,596 people in Peru had received at least one dose of the new crown vaccine, including the frontline health workers who were vaccinated in February, and that it started on March 8. The vaccinated elderly as well as the armed forces and Peruvian National Police.
The Minister of Production pointed out that the Ministry of Health has ordered 17,500 doses of Pfizer vaccine for the armed forces and 17,500 doses of Pfizer vaccine for the national police.
According to the Peruvian government’s new crown vaccination plan, the first phase includes people working in the health sector, citizens over 60, firefighters, security personnel, municipal security guards, cleaning personnel, medical students, as well as national police, armed forces, and the Red Cross. Members of the meeting and polling station.
The goal of the second stage is to reduce the morbidity and mortality of high-risk groups. The third stage is expected to reduce the spread of the virus in the community and generate herd immunity.
At this stage, citizens between the ages of 18 and 59 will be vaccinated.