A statement from Ministry of Health (Minsa)reports that in the days to date of the 2023 school year, there has been no outbreak of covid-19 in schools nationwide, according to health authorities.
On the other hand, regarding Pfizer monovalent pediatric vaccination, official data mentions that to date, 21,459 have been administered to children between 6 months and 4 years of age and 482,000 have been administered to children between 5 and 11 years of age. 734 doses.
Of the bivalent vaccine, 146,663 bivalent doses have been applied to people over 12 years of age throughout the country and 1,052 doses to the population between 5 and 11 years of age. Applying a grand total of 147,715 doses of bivalent vaccine, from 5 years onwards.
A report prepared by the Expanded Immunization Program (PAI) team highlighted that a total of 8 million 882 thousand 959 doses against covid-19 have been applied throughout the national territory.
Of this total, 3,530,763 correspond to the first dose; 3 million 172 thousand 562 second doses; 1 million 755 thousand 957 third dose (first booster) and 258 thousand 472 fourth dose (second booster dose).
The population is reiterated to maintain self-care measures such as: constant hand washing, the use of masks in closed places, the use of alcohol gel and vaccination with bivalent doses, to continue the decrease in cases
