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Peru: Over 88.25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses applied

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Photo: ANDINA/Vidal Tarqui

02:00 | Lima, Mar. 19.

88,261,850 doses of the vaccine against COVID-19 have been so far administered in Peru, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported.

Out of that total, 25,813,631 were given as second dose, thus accounting for 90.32% of the target population.

Within this framework, 21,243,938 citizens have been vaccinated with a third dose.

They also account for 74.33% of the target population, the leading government authority in the health sector said in its daily report.

Similarly, 6,662,527 people have received the fourth dose, thus accounting for 26.69% of the goal.

In addition, 709,185 have received the bivalent dose. They account for 9.48% of the target population.

The information above is applicable as of March 18 at 6:00 p.m. (local time) and was published on the COVID-19 Vaccination Situation Room.

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Published: 3/19/2023