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Peru: Over 73.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses applied

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08:03 | Lima, May. 16.

73,652,500 doses of the vaccine against COVID-19 have been so far administered in Peru, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported.

Out of that total, 27,120,488 were given as second dose, thus accounting for 82.7% of the target population.
Within this framework, 16,828,054 citizens have been vaccinated with a third dose.

They also account for 58.9% of the general population, the leading government authority in the health sector said in its daily report.

Similarly, 454,591 people have received the fourth dose.

The information above is applicable as of May 15 at 6:00 p.m. (local time) and was published on the COVID-19 Vaccination Situation Room.

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Publicado: 16/5/2022