All indicators of the coronavirus pandemic are on the decline in Peru, despite upward or downward fluctuations,
In a weekly press conference, the epidemiologist said that Peru and its southern hemisphere neighbors —such as Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, and Chile— are entering a phase of low incidence of COVID-19 cases.
The government official explained that this downward trend is observed not only in coronavirus cases, but in the all-cause mortality rate.
"Before the pandemic (began in March), some 2,000 people used to die weekly in the country for different reasons. This index reached 6,000, and
we see that it dropped to 2,600 in recent weeks; Peru is still above the usual, but it (the index) is going down," he expressed.
"The general trend of every indicator in the country suggests that the pandemic is going down; we are entering a phase of low incidence. There could be increases; there could be downward and upwards fluctuations, but any increase that we observe will be investigated quickly to take the necessary corrective measures," he said.
Act responsibly
The official noted that if the population fails to comply with sanitary measures, more restrictive measures will have to be taken.
"In Europe they had to return to restrictive measures just because people did not comply with the rules. A market, a house, a place does not infect by itself, people do that by acting irresponsibly," he noted.