“The self-tests are authorized. People can go and buy them. And while there may be a margin for error, self-testing also helps. We in no way disqualify that the person goes and can go to acquire this test to do it “, said the head of Health in an interview with Exitosa Noticias.
He also indicated that in Lima it has been observed that 24 districts have exceeded the maximum number of COVID-19 cases. These are: Ate, Callao, Carabayllo, Chorrillos, Los Olivos, San Martín de Porres, Surco, Independencia, La Molina, Cercado de Lima, Lurigancho, San Borja, San Miguel, Jesús María, Miraflores, Chaclacayo, San Isidro, Pueblo Libre, La Perla , Surquillo, San Luis, Barranco, La Punta and Cieneguilla.
“If we see how much it was two weeks ago, two weeks ago the cases were 10,000. That is, from 10,000 a week we have then gone to 22,000 and now to 70,000. From 10,000 a week we now have 70,000 a day. It has been a very accelerated growth of infections which has coincided with the festivities and the arrival of this new variant of omicron to the country “he explained. He added that this is an increase of 241% between one and another week.
“Unfortunately, for this first week of January, a maximum number of cases has been reached since the start of the pandemic. Recall that the first peak of the first wave was registered with 61,086 confirmed cases approximately the second week of August. Then 67,107 new cases were registered during the second week of April in the second wave. In this third wave we are in more than 70 thousand new cases a week “, he specified in statements to Canal N.
“This disease is caused by the omicron, which is much more contagious. So, quickly a large number of the population is affected and this also directly affects public services, doctors, health personnel, the people they serve “he added.
In an interview with RPP Noticias, the official explained that the time could be reduced from 14 to 10 days. “The ministry is analyzing. There are several regulations that must be modified so that this time is reduced ”.
The executive director of Public Health Surveillance of the National Center for Epidemiology, Prevention and Control of Diseases (CDC) of the Ministry of Health (Minsa), César Munayco, reported that the possibility of reducing the time of medical rest and isolation to people infected with coronavirus (COVID-19).
From the official figures, the engineer Carbajal details that in Lima broke the record for daily infections: 4,904 cases registered on March 22, 2021 versus 7,028 registered on January 6, 2022. In the case of Cusco, on January 8, 582 cases were registered, surpassing the 525 reported on August 26, 2020..
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported that as of Monday, January 10, the number of people vaccinated against COVID-19 with at least one dose amounts to 24’850,170. Meanwhile, the total of citizens inoculated with two doses is 22’242,540, until 7 am today.
LAST MINSA REPORT
Good morning, we begin with the minute by minute of the incidents of the coronavirus in Peru, the progress of the vaccination process and details of the measures imposed by the Government in the third wave. Today, Monday, January 10, 2022.
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“Just over a month and a half ago it was possible to finish the authorization and sell it in the pharmacy”he added.