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Peru's Prime Minister: We continue fighting COVID-19

Photo: Twitter/Presidency of the Council of Ministers

15:52 | Lima, Aug. 27.

Peruvian Prime Minister Walter Martos on Thursday assured that the number of daily deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19) has decreased in recent weeks.

However, he warned that the virus is still present in the country, and the fight against the pandemic must go on.

"It does not mean that we have defeated COVID-19; we must continue fighting, we can't have a triumphalist mentality as the pandemic has not been defeated yet; the entire population must be careful and comply with measures such as social distancing and hand washing," he expressed.

Within this framework, the Cabinet chief affirmed that the Executive Branch will continue fighting the virus at the national level and increasing the hospital response to serve infected citizens.

Likewise, the government official said that the recent decrease in the number of deaths was —apparently— due to the containment measures that the Government implemented through the Territorial Aid Operation for Treatment and Isolation in Response to COVID-19 (Tayta Operation). It allows diagnosing the infected citizens, as well as delivering medicines and food supplies to ensure their social isolation.

Furthermore, he commented that in the northern city of Cajamarca there was a large number of infections. In fact, between 16 and 17 people passed away on some days.

However, the Tayta mega-operation reached out to 22,000 people, who were provided early treatment and isolation. Therefore, he said, the number of deaths has dropped to between 2 to 3 per day.

Vaccine clinical trials

Regarding the COVID-19 vaccine, the Prime Minister indicated that the country relies on several channels to guarantee access to it —namely through the World Health Organization (WHO) via the COVAX Facility initiative, in addition to bilateral negotiations with laboratories.

Moreover, Martos said that

Sinopharm's vaccine clinical trials will kick off on September 8 supported by 6,000 Peruvian volunteers. The corresponding registration has already begun.

For their part, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine trials will begin on September 11, with 4,000 fellow citizens.

Lastly, he noted that Peru has also reached agreements with a British laboratory and others, which will allow the immunization of 70% of the population once the vaccine is approved.

Titular de la PCM: Se realizó un empadronamiento con el apoyo de @CaritasdelPeru y los alcaldes distritales. @indeciperu con las Fuerzas Armadas se han encargado de armar las canastas y de la distribución en los asentamientos humanos y lugares alejados donde estamos llegando. pic.twitter.com/nBN0iIuftA
— Consejo de Ministros (@pcmperu) August 27, 2020

Presidente del Consejo de Ministros desde Lurín: Es un honor para mi estar con ustedes. Este es un programa que el Gobierno ha preparado para llegar a 200 mil familias con la entrega de 2 canastas de víveres por dos meses, es decir recibirán 4 kits en total. pic.twitter.com/bKoZiZVONK
— Consejo de Ministros (@pcmperu) August 27, 2020

END) FHG/CVC/MVB

Published: 8/27/2020

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