The Peruvian Government on Thursday
, with the repeal of the supreme decrees which had imposed said measure since 2020.
This decision comes due to the evolution of the pandemic, the progress of vaccination, and the decrease in cases, according to Supreme Decree No. 130-2022-PCM published in the
Official Gazette El Peruano this morning.
In turn, the latest document repeals Supreme Decree No. 016-2022-PCM and others, which had provided for extensions and amendments on previous occasions.
These are Supreme Decrees No. 030-2022-PCM, No. 041-2022-PCM, No. 058-2022-PCM, No. 063-2022-PCM, No. 069-2022-PCM, No. 076-2022 -PCM, No. 092-2022-PCM, No. 108-2022-PCM, and No. 118-2022-PCM.
The state of emergency had been in effect in Peru since March 2020 due to the appearance of COVID-19 cases. At that time, the Government issued for this purpose Supreme Decree No. 008-2020-SA, establishing a term of 90 days. This situation was extended via another seven decrees.
Supreme Decree No. 016-2022-PCM kept the state of emergency in force. Yet it lifted some of the initial restrictions.
Reasons
The Executive Branch supports the repeal of the state of emergency because of the progress of COVID-19 vaccination, as well as the decrease in the number of cases and patients hospitalized at ICUs due to this disease.
It also points out that there is a decrease in the number of deaths caused by said virus.
According to the complementary provision of the latest supreme decree, each entity of the three government levels "encourages: the optional use of facemasks, vaccination against COVID-19, as well as other measures to promote and monitor healthy practices."
On the other hand, it must be noted that the health emergency remains in force until February 25, 2023.
Publicado: 27/10/2022