COVID-19 mortality cases are decreasing in most regions of the country, although they see a rise in the South,
Deputy Public Health Minister Luis Suarez has reported.
According to the government official, although this is good news, the priority of the Health Ministry (Minsa) is to identify the places with the highest risk of transmission to use control measures properly.
"The country's southern highlands report the biggest increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. The pandemic is still active in Peru," he said on Friday.
Remarks were made during a press conference in which he explained the scientific mechanisms that support the mobility restrictions.
The measure also applies to 46 provinces in other 14 regions. In addition, social immobilization as well as social and family gathering restrictions will remain in place.
Suarez affirmed that the measures have been taken based on permanent epidemiological surveillance and scientific rationality.
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Published: 8/29/2020