on Saturday afternoon confirmed the presence of five new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Peru, adding that those citizens are stable and under home quarantine.
"The health status of the people diagnosed is stable, and they are in isolation
under home quarantine. In this case, what we know about the disease and the measures approved by the Ministry of Health have been applied," Deputy Minister of Health Nancy Zerpa expressed at a press conference.
The official affirmed that the patients —who tested positive for COVID-19— are three adults and one child residing in Lima, while the other is a resident of the southern city of Arequipa. He may have contracted the infection in the United Kingdom —from where he returned on February 29.
For his part, the General Director at the National Center for Epidemiology, Disease Prevention and Control (CDC-Minsa) Manuel Loayza said that health authorities are monitoring these cases in order to determine the entire chain.