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Peru: Senior citizens included in first vaccination phase

Photo: ANDINA/Ministry of Health of Peru

10:41 | Lima, Mar. 7.

The Peruvian Government has included elderly people aged over 60 in the first vaccination phase against COVID-19.

The Ministerial Resolution No. 345-2021/MINSA —published in the Official Gazette El Peruano— indicates that Phase I of the National Vaccination Plan is aimed at safeguarding the integrity of the health system and the elderly, as well as the continuity of basic services.

In this sense, this phase is comprised of people who work in the health sector, citizens over the age of 60, firefighters, security staff, Serenazgo (municipal security), cleaning staff, medicine students, as well as members of the National Police, Armed Forces, Red Cross, brigade, and polling stations.

The regulation —signed by Health Minister Oscar Ugarte— adds that the objective of Phase II is to decrease major morbidity and mortality in the population most at risk.

Meanwhile, this phase aims to reduce severe morbidity and mortality in the population at highest risk, such as: people with comorbidity, members of native or indigenous communities, National Penitentiary Institute (INPE) personnel, and inmates.

Finally, Phase III is expected to reduce the transmission of the infection within the community and generate herd immunity. During this stage, people aged between 18 and 59 will be vaccinated.

(END) LIT/MVB

Publicado: 7/3/2021