Tayta Operation (Territorial Aid Operation for Treatment and Isolation in Response to COVID-19) —aimed at the most vulnerable population such as adults aged over 60 and people with comorbidity problems— will continue Friday in three districts of Lima,
Defense Minister Walter Martos said on Wednesday.
"We went house-to-house to meet the vulnerable people on the registry, who underwent rapid tests and received the corresponding treatment," he told TV Peru.
"We met with three of Lima's district mayors today, and we will be embarking on a much more massive operation on Friday. Afterwards, with the experience we get, we are going to try to replicate these actions all over the country," he added.
Strategy
Martos affirmed that —in this new phase of the fight against the pandemic— "our aim is a mitigation strategy, that is, that the Ministry of Health (Minsa) implements the early treatment intensely and at national level."
To that end, primary health care posts are being reopened and
rapid response teams are conducting house-to-house visits.
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Published: 6/3/2020