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Peru: Health authorities to intensify actions against COVID-19 in Cusco

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13:33 | Lima, Aug. 19.

Peruvian health authorities will intensify their actions this week with the aim of mitigating the COVID-19 contagion in Cusco, and the Social Health Insurance System (EsSalud) will participate in the mega-operations set to take place in the Imperial City.

Within this framework, EsSalud Executive-President Fiorella Molinelli arrived in Cusco on Wednesday to lead the corresponding actions.

"We know that positive cases of the novel coronavirus have exponentially increased in Cusco. That is why we are going to carry out the EsSalud Te Cuida (EsSalud Takes Care of You) operations, which are intended to detect those citizens who are infected with the virus," Molinelli said.

"They (operations) also serve to provide timely attention to them (...) by giving them our bags consisting of COVID-19 kits, which contain azithromycin, ivermectin and paracetamol," she added.

Along with the EsSalud head, a technical team made up of specialists in health issues, doctors, nurses, laboratory workers and other medical professionals travelled to Cusco. They will be in charge of the actions carried out in the southern region.

In addition, the delegation took four mechanical ventilators —which will serve to increase the Intensive Care Units (ICU) in the area to 22— as well as 5 tons of medical supplies, including personal protective equipment (PPE), medicines and rapid tests, thus leading to 38 tons of medical supplies brought to the region during the health emergency.

Molinelli will stay in Cusco for two days. There, she will also meet with regional and local authorities, as well as with private sector and civil society representatives.

"We must understand that sectors must be committed to this fight, thus becoming a single force; that is the only way to win this battle," she said.

During the health emergency, the number of hospital beds destined for COVID-19 care in Cusco increased from 8 to more than 252. The same happened with the amount of those at ICUs which climbed from 2 to 22.

??#EsSaludTeCuida - Cusco | En estos momentos, la presidenta ejecutiva, @FioreMolinelli , lidera comitiva rumbo a Cusco con 30 profesionales de #EsSalud; 10,000 pruebas rápidas y 10,000 kit #COVID19. pic.twitter.com/pcY7JBVG1N
— EsSalud (@EsSaludPeru) August 19, 2020

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Published: 8/19/2020

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