China News Service, June 16 According to Peru’s “Communiqué” on the 15th, according to Peru’s Ministry of Health, Peru has accelerated its COVID-19 vaccination work and set a record in the week from June 7th to 13th. Nearly one million doses of the new crown vaccine were vaccinated, an average of 134,354 doses per day.

In Arequipa, Peru's second largest city, family members of patients with new coronary pneumonia line up to charge medical oxygen cylinders.

  According to reports, as of 2:30 pm on June 15th, Peru had received 5,577,502 doses of vaccine, of which 1992702 had received two doses of vaccine.

  The Ministry of Health once again emphasized that the new crown vaccine being used in Peru is effective against the variant strain reported by India.

The second wave of the epidemic in Peru is easing, and the number of hospitalizations has dropped sharply, especially among the elderly who have given priority to vaccination. This shows that vaccines are working.

  In addition, Peru’s National Statistical Institute (INEI) reported on the 15th that due to the good performance of most economic sectors except agriculture, Peru’s economy grew by 58.49% in April 2021 compared with the same month last year.

  INEI emphasized that in April 2020, the Peruvian economy has shrunk by 39.09% due to strict restrictions imposed by the government to control the epidemic.

  At the same time, from January to April this year, the Peruvian economy grew by 13.80% year-on-year, but from April 2020 to April this year, the Peruvian economy fell by 3.37% year-on-year.