Covid-19 cases increase in Peru
“It is necessary and essential to maintain preventive measures such as vaccination,” said Gutiérrez
The Peruvian health authorities are detecting an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases throughout the territory. The Minister of Health, Rosa Gutiérrez, declared to the press that the increase has focused on Lima and the northern areas of the country.
“We are in the eleventh epidemiological week and we have identified that cases have increased in Lima (Metropolitan), Lima provinces, Ica (south) and in the north of our country,” said Gutiérrez.
He also explained that in this scenario, teams have been deployed in the northern areas “to begin with the control of COVID-19 cases,” in addition to dengue, of which about 23,000 infections have been reported throughout the country, he reported. Xinhua.
Last week, the number of positive cases of Covid-19 reached 4,494,371 and the number of deaths from the disease amounted to 219,849.
Given this scenario, Gutiérrez recommended that the population resume preventive practices such as hand washing and the use of masks, as well as “having a good diet.”
The minister’s statements came after the National Institute of Health (INS) reported on April 3 that the XBB.1.5 lineage, detected last December in national territory, “continues to increase and currently represents almost half of the samples” sequenced.
“In Peru, the increase in this lineage has been parallel to the increase in positive tests for Covid-19. In this sense, it is necessary and essential to maintain preventive measures such as vaccination, ”he added in a statement.
Peru has applied 88.65 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, of which 94.02% were first doses, 90.34% second doses, 74.42% third doses, and 27.02% fourth doses. So far, 895,401 bivalent vaccines have been applied, reaching coverage of 11.01% of the target population.
(Fuente: Xinhua)
