Peru's President: Vaccination against COVID-19 to start no later than Feb 10

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17:00 | Lima, Feb. 5.

The President of the Republic Francisco Sagasti on Friday afternoon reported that vaccination against COVID-19 will begin on February 9 or no later than February 10.

Remarks were made after confirming that the first shipment —consisting of 300,000 doses— from China's Sinopharm laboratory will arrive in Peru on February 7.

In remarks to Canal N, the Head of State explained that the vaccines have already left Beijing, are on their way to France's Charles de Gaulle Airport, and will arrive in Lima on Sunday between 7:00 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. (local time).

"This first batch that has already been shipped is part of the one million load that is scheduled to arrive on the 13th, as we had previously stated," Mr. Sagasti expressed.

After their arrival, the vaccines will be brought to the warehouses run by the National Center for Supply of Strategic Resources in Health (Cenares), where health personnel will verify their status.

Then, escorted by the Armed Forces, the doses will be taken to the places where they will be stored before distributing them to the vaccination sites.

"All this should take a maximum of one or two days. We hope to start the vaccination on Tuesday or —if there is any problem— we are vaccinating on Wednesday morning at the latest, but very possible on Tuesday," he stressed.

According to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the remaining 700,000 doses will arrive on February 14.

United

The President also pointed out the importance of the country standing united and relying on political stability, as this allows the Government to work calmly and clearly on this task, after recalling that there was a period of instability over recent months.

"Since the day we took office, we have worked tirelessly, addressing the vaccination and other problems that affect the population," he emphasized.

¡#LasVacunasLleganAlPerú!
Anunciamos con satisfacción que ya se realizó el primer embarque de 300 000 dosis de la vacuna de Sinopharm y llegarán a Lima este domingo por la noche.#NoBajemosLaGuardia pic.twitter.com/CX0VYKyAG0
— Presidencia del Perú ???? (@presidenciaperu) February 5, 2021

¡#LasVacunasLleganAlPerú!
El primer millón de vacunas de Sinopharm ya están aseguradas. Hoy salió de China el embarque con 300 mil dosis que llegará el domingo 7 de febrero. Las otras 700 mil llegarán el 14 de febrero.
¡Listos para vacunar a la primera línea! #NoBajemosLaGuardia pic.twitter.com/m2cZ9cFEbj
— Consejo de Ministros (@pcmperu) February 5, 2021

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Published: 2/5/2021

Peru's President: Vaccination against COVID-19 to start no later than Feb 10

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