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Peru: Over 43.8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses applied

09:00 | Lima, Dec. 7.

43,820,111 doses of the vaccine against COVID-19 have been so far administered in Peru, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) has reported.

Out of that total, 19,296,455 were given as second dose.

"This figure represents 69% of the target population," the leading government authority in the health sector said in its daily report.

According to the Ministry of Health (Minsa), the target population in Peru consists of men and women over 12 years of age, that is, 28,024,250 people.

The information above is applicable as of December 6 at 6:00 p.m. (local time) and was published on the COVID-19 Vaccination Situation Room.

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Published: 12/7/2021