Peru's Ministry of Health: 1.2 million people over the age of 50 still have not been vaccinated against the new crown

　　China News Service, November 10th. According to Peru’s “Gazette”, the Peruvian Ministry of Health reported on the 8th that although the Peruvian government has launched a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign, there are still 1.2 million people over the age of 50 due to various The reason is that there is no dose of vaccine.

　　The Peruvian Ministry of Health reminded that this is a very important group. If they are infected with the new crown virus, they have a greater risk of being sent to the hospital or even death.

　　The Peruvian Ministry of Health pointed out that in the first week of November, the number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in Peru (21 people) increased compared with the previous week (less than 10 people).

People must continue to take protective measures, comply with biosafety protocols, wash hands frequently, wear masks, avoid crowds, and actively vaccinate to protect the health of themselves and their family and friends.

　　On the other hand, the Peruvian National Institute of Health (INS) confirmed that the delta variant is the most important variant of the new coronavirus in Peru, accounting for 96.72% of cases.

　　Peru’s Health Minister Hernando Ceballos once again stated that all age groups who have received the new crown vaccine are likely to receive the third dose of the vaccine, because the level of protection of the vaccine will decline after 6 to 8 months.

Peru is currently vaccinating medical workers and the elderly over 65 with the third dose, which will then be expanded to other high-risk infection groups, such as members of the armed forces and firefighters, and then to the general public.

　　According to the new crown epidemic data released by the Ministry of Health of Peru on November 8, compared with the previous day’s report, there were 18,817 new tests and 380 new confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia, of which 109 new cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours. The number of cases reached 2,207,890; there were 13 new deaths in a single day, with a total of 200,469 deaths.

There are still 3196 people hospitalized and 2,186,951 people have recovered.

　　At the same time, as of 8 pm on the 8th, Peru has applied more than 36.65 million doses of the new crown vaccine, and more than 16 million people have been vaccinated with two doses of the new crown vaccine, accounting for more than 57% of Peru's immunization target population.