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Peru: Over 65.8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses applied

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Photo: ANDINA/Vidal Tarqui

08:00 | Lima, Mar. 22.

65,957,853 doses of the vaccine against COVID-19 have been so far administered in Peru, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) has reported.

Out of that total, 25,636,811 were given as second dose, thus accounting for 78.21% of the target population.
Within this framework, 11,840,363 citizens have been vaccinated with a booster dose.

They also account for 42.37% of the general population, the leading government authority in the health sector said in its daily report.

The information above is applicable as of March 21 at 6:30 p.m. (local time) and was published on the COVID-19 Vaccination Situation Room.

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Published: 3/22/2022