China News Service, July 16. According to Peru's "Gazette" report, Peruvian Health Minister Lopez predicted on the 15th that thousands of people may die in Peru in the fourth wave of new crown infections.
Lopez once again called on the public to be vaccinated against the new crown virus in time to prevent infection with the new crown virus.
According to reports, Lopez said that the Peruvian Ministry of Health analyzed three possible scenarios. In the optimistic case, the fourth wave of the epidemic may cause 2,929 Peruvians to die of infection; in the most pessimistic case, the fourth wave The outbreak will kill 8,083 people.
Lopez reminded the public of the importance of being fully vaccinated against the new crown.
Up to now, Peru has applied 78.82 million doses of the new crown vaccine, of which 29.57 million doses correspond to the first dose of the vaccine (90.22%), 27.73 million doses correspond to the second dose of the vaccine (84.61%), and 19.05 million doses correspond to the third dose. vaccine (66.67%), and 2.51 million doses corresponding to the fourth dose (19.67%).
Lopez also said that Covid-19 vaccination rates for children between the ages of 5 and 11 continue to rise.
At present, 55.03% of the target children have been fully vaccinated against the new crown.