, the multisectoral strategy's General Coordinator Army Lieutenant General Carlos Chavez has reported.
"If we multiply the number of people served —by their family group, which on average is four people— then Tayta Operation has served more than 500,000 people in this joint effort of various State-run institutions
that targets all regions of the country," he said in remarks to Andina news agency.
The
Tayta Operation general coordinator said that this intervention consists of early detection through screening and clinical diagnosis, early treatment with drugs approved by the
Ministry of Health (Minsa), as well as home isolation of infected people and their family members, to whom the
National Civil Defense Institute (Indeci) gives a basket of non-perishable food so that they can cope with the quarantine period.
Based on this information, the districts and provinces are identified. Then, the citizens —who qualify to be assisted by
Tayta Operation— are selected, in accordance with the vulnerability criteria.
"For the remainder of the year, we have programmed 14 district-based
Tayta Operations that will enable us to serve 210 districts (…). We estimate that we will serve 400,000 people until the end of the year. It is a challenge that we have set ourselves," he emphasized.