The Executive Branch has approved
Urgency Decree 093-2020, which is an extension of a previous mandate that introduces measures to expand the number of institutions providing health services and strengthen the health response within the framework of the state of emergency decreed to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This order, published on Saturday in
El Peruano official gazette, aims to adopt extraordinary measures —in economic and financial matters— in order to expand and guarantee operations at temporary care and isolation centers for COVID-19 patients called La Videnita (Piura region) and Cerro Juli (Arequipa region).
In addition, it guarantees the provision of personal protective equipment, medicines and the implementation of optimization investments aimed at facing the emergency caused by the spread of COVID-19.
Similarly, it (the decree) approves the transfer of S/11,783,880 (around US$3.318 million) to the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion to finance operations at the above-mentioned temporary care and isolation centers.
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Publicado: 9/8/2020