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Peru: Over 90.978 million COVID-19 vaccine doses applied

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Photo: ANDINA/Vidal Tarqui

00:30 | Lima, Nov. 18.

90,979,557 doses of the vaccine against COVID-19 have been so far administered in Peru, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported.

Out of that total, 25,853,337 were given as second dose, thus accounting for 90.46% of the target population.

Within this framework, 21,398,515 citizens have been vaccinated with a third dose.

They also account for 74.87% of the target population, the leading government authority in the health sector said in its daily report.

Similarly, 7,136,894 people have received the fourth dose, thus accounting for 28.59% of the goal.

In addition, 2,356,345 have received the bivalent dose. They account for 20.74% of the target population.

The information above is applicable as of November 17 at 12:00 p.m. (local time) and was published on the COVID-19 Vaccination Situation Room.

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Publicado: 18/11/2023