Health Min: Peru reached coronavirus plateau, decline to be slow

13:54 | Lima, May. 11.

Health Minister Victor Zamora on Monday confirmed that the COVID-19 curve in Peru has reached a long plateau and noted the decline in cases will be slow.

Zamora agreed with Dr. Elmer Huerta, a public health specialist, who brought up the topic last night based on an article that is being prepared by Peruvian and Mexican scientists.

"With the data compiled by the Center for Disease Control and Minsa, we have come to the conclusion that, as national average, we have certainly reached a plateau, a long plateau," he said in statements to Panamericana TV channel.

According to the minister, this situation is explained by the outbreak of small- and medium-scale epidemics in various parts of the country, such as Loreto, Piura, Lambayeque, while in southern regions, the disease is still contained (with few cases).

As for Lima, which leads the country in confirmed coronavirus cases, he said the same situation occurs there because there are districts that have reported no cases, while others have reported a large number of infected individuals.

"That is the reason why Dr. Huerta is right, and the President (Martin Vizcarra) has also pointed out that the decline will certainly be slow," the Cabinet member expressed.

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Publicado: 11/5/2020