Sources: The Asian Age
Peru raises its pandemic Alert level in 24 provinces from "moderate" to "high", resulting in an extended curfew between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., as well as tightened capacity limits in shopping centers, banks and restaurants. This comes as the number of daily COVID-19 cases increased 25% from the previous week. 2022-01-6
Peru reports its first four cases of the Omicron variant in one person who travelled from South Africa and another three who had no travel history. 2021-12-19
Peru announces that people over the age of 18 years who want to enter indoor spaces must show a proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 beginning in December, either physical or virtual vaccination cards. 2021-11-14
Peru surpasses 200,000 deaths from COVID-19, which is the second Latin American country to do so after Brazil. 2021-10-22
Texas reports their first case of the Lambda variant of SARS-CoV-2, which was first detected in Peru. 2021-07-19
Interim President Francisco Sagasti extends the COVID-19 state of emergency in Peru until the end of August. 2021-07-11
U.S. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announces that the Biden administration will ship 2 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Peru and 2.5 million doses of the Moderna vaccine to Pakistan. Additionally, the United States will also send vaccine doses to Bangladesh. 2021-06-29
Peru reports a record 11,260 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,492,519. 2021-03-25
Peru surpasses one million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth Latin American country to surpass the milestone after Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico. 2020-12-22
Sinopharm began Phase III trials in Peru starting with two dozen people, with the goal to vaccinate 6,000 people between the ages of 18 and 75. So far, Sinopharm has given 30,000 doses to volunteers and another 10,000 participants have received double doses in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, with additional trials planned for Morocco and Argentina. 2020-09-10