Health Minister Elizabeth Hinostroza on Thursday said that isolation amid the novel coronavirus outbreak demands everyone's commitment and responds to the fact that
confirmed cases had as precedent trips to Asia and Europe, mainly Spain and Italy, which is why intervention protocols have been adopted at Peru's main airport since Wednesday.
In addition, she reported that Minsa is working hand-in-hand with Lima Airport Partners (LAP) for the latter to implement the sworn declaration of health form —to be completed by all passengers arriving from abroad— approved by ministerial resolution No. 0862020/MINSA.
Said resolution states that visitors shall report on the cities they have been and the transfers they made.
Similarly, Minsa has been working directly with airlines, police authorities, the immigration office, and the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
During her visit, she reported that no suspected cases of the novel coronavirus had been detected, and that most Peruvians enter the national territory without showing symptoms of COVID-19.
(END) NDP/JAM/RMB/MVB
Published: 3/12/2020