COVID-19 in Peru: over 26 million 831 thousand Peruvians have already received the coronavirus vaccine | VIDEO Minsa Ministry of Health rmmn | LIME

The Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported that up to Saturday 5 November the number of people vaccinated against the COVID-19 with at least one dose amounts to 26,831,090. Meanwhile, the total number of citizens vaccinated with two doses is 25,752,142 until 7:00 am.

Similarly, the number of citizens to whom the the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine amounts to 20,894,644. while with the fourth dose is reported to 5,496,160 vaccinated people.

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Until now, Peru has received more than 26 million vaccines from Sinopharm, more than 49 million from Pfizer, more than 10 million from AstraZeneca and more than four million from Moderna.. All of these are applied according to the age group schedule established by the Government after prioritizing health personnel, the elderly and members of the National Police, the Armed Forces and the Fire Brigade.

Both Sinopharm, Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines must be given in two doses to vaccinate a person against the virus. COVID-19.

The vaccination process in Peru began on February 9, 2021, in the main health centers of Lima and Callao. A digital tool implemented by Minsa allows access to information on the progress of the application of the dose. You just have to click HERE to control the number of people vaccinated with both doses or with only one.

New vaccination plan

The government has established that a new COVID-19 vaccination plan will begin on April 16, 2021with the aim of vaccinating the elderly first.

For this, the Executive has implemented the Pongo el Hombro platform, so that people can know the place, date and time when they will be vaccinated against the virus. coronavirus (COVID-19).

From 25 September 2022 children under the age of 5 are vaccinated (from 6 months to 4 years with 11 months and over). For this population group, inoculation was carried out in the regions starting from Monday 26 September.

To date, the third dose is given to people aged 12 years or older. The fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is also applied to people over the age of 18.

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