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
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo announces that the Peruvian government has reached an agreement with Russia to create a plant that would produce a Sputnik V vaccine in the country. 2021-09-6
Peru reports its first case of the Delta variant, which was originally detected in India in the southern city of Arequipa. 2021-06-9
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 launches a vaccination program against COVID-19 two days after it received 300,000 doses of Sinopharm's BBIBP-CorV vaccine. President Francisco Sagasti becomes the first person to get vaccinated. 2021-02-9
Peru signs a deal with Pfizer to purchase 20 million doses of its vaccine. 2021-02-4
Peru reports the first case of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom in a citizen who resides in Lima and had attended a family reunion days before Christmas. 2021-01-8