China News Service, July 27. According to Peru’s “Communiqué”, on the 26th local time, 611 new cases of new coronary pneumonia were newly confirmed in Peru, with a total of 2.105 million confirmed cases.
Peru’s Minister of Health, Oscar Ugarte, stated that the number of new infections and deaths in the second wave of the epidemic has been reduced to a minimum. However, considering the potential risks of the third wave, the public is still calling on the public to continue their prevention work.
On July 23, 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, the Minister of Health said that there are currently many new variants of the new crown virus, such as Delta, which is more contagious and is increasing the risk of the third wave of epidemics, but he said that this variant is not yet in Peru. Main.
The Minister pointed out that the new crown vaccination work is advancing rapidly across the country, and the "vaccine marathon" activities in recent weekends have also contributed to this.
In the event last weekend alone, more than 100,000 doses of vaccine were applied than expected. In 36 hours of uninterrupted work, more than 350,000 doses of vaccine were vaccinated.
Since the start of the vaccination campaign, Peru has received more than 12 million doses of the vaccine, and approximately 4.5 million people have received two doses of the vaccine, accounting for about 20% of the target population.
In addition, with the inclusion of children over the age of 12, the target population for vaccination has expanded to 27 million.