on Saturday announced that the COVID-19 risk level in Loreto region, as well as in one Puno Province, has been changed.
The decision was made during a virtual session of the Council of Ministers.
According to the high-ranking official, the Ministerial Cabinet is currently assessing the indicators from each region, concerning COVID-19 figures.
"Loreto was in a high-risk situation and it has been changed to very high risk; within this region there are two provinces that are at extreme risk such as: Maynas and Ramon Castilla," he told RPP radio and TV station.
"The other one that has been changed to extreme risk is a province in Puno region (…)," the minister expressed.
"(…) We are holding meetings every day and assessing the figures; therefore, yesterday, we made a decision concerning two regions," Neyra added.
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