Supported by the
From April 16
This new strategy will allow faster progress to be made in terms of immunizing and reaching out to a greater number of Peruvian citizens, as people will get vaccinated in the districts where they reside.
Likewise, the Minsa head specified that vaccination —at the beginning of this new scheme— includes the following dates: April 16, 17, and 18. Yet even those citizens, who miss their appointments, may receive the dose on April 19 or 20.
Citizens aged 70-79
"Supported by this modality, in Lima we will have protected all people over 80 years of age from now thru the end of the month. Meanwhile, in the first week of May, we will launch the immunization of people aged between 70 and 79 and then those between 60 and 69 years old," Ugarte informed.
People with comorbidity
The Health minister also referred to the immunization of people with comorbidities and detailed that an ethics committee advises the government on how to define which groups will have priority, as well as the sequence of this vaccination.