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Peru's PM: COVID-19 vaccination process will be permanent

Photo: ANDINA/Presidency of the Council of Ministers

11:31 | Lima, Apr. 9.

Prime Minister Violeta Bermudez on Friday affirmed that the vaccination against coronavirus will be permanent in Peru, as she assured that there will be no impediments to access the right to inoculation.

"The vaccination will never be closed, nor will there be any impediment; for example, if a citizen lost his/her ID card, that will not become an obstacle," she expressed during her visit to the Social Health Insurance System's (EsSalud) National Telemedicine Center.

Likewise, the high-ranking official ratified the efforts made —since day one— by the Transition and Emergency Government to improve health care services throughout the national territory.

The Cabinet chief specified that —starting this week— 200,000 vaccine doses are arriving in Peru, which will continue to escalate and allow the inoculation process to continue progressively.

"All people will be vaccinated (...) In the next two weeks, we will complete the vaccination of people over 80 years of age; if they have not received the vaccine yet, do not worry, they will," she said.

Furthermore, Bermudez reiterated that she is working with the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status' (Reniec) roll, which offers more up-to-date information. She added that the schedule and the new vaccination plan will be presented in detail next week.

Moreover, the Prime Minister highlighted that —in four months— the Transition and Emergency Government increased the number of ICU beds and oxygen plants.

In this sense, the government official recalled that when President Sagasti's administration took office in November 2020, its members had found less than 1,500 ICU beds. "Nonetheless, we have 1,000 more ICU beds," she stressed.

The same happened with oxygen plants, the dignitary continued.

"When this pandemic began, there were only nine oxygen plants. In November, the number rose to 63, and there are 169 today (…)," she concluded.

?? Ahora | La presidenta del Consejo de Ministros, junto con la presidenta de @EsSaludPeru, supervisan el funcionamiento del Centro Nacional de Telemedicina, que atiende más de 100 mil consultas médicas al mes de manera virtual. pic.twitter.com/I59i8LqBjW
— Consejo de Ministros (@pcmperu) April 9, 2021