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Vaccination to face the onset of an eventual third wave of the COVID-19 took a leading place in the first international tour of the Republic President, Pedro Castillo. During his first speech before the United Nations General Assembly, the president proposed the signing of a global agreement between heads of state and patent owners of the coronavirus vaccines to guarantee its universal access “without discrimination or privileges”.
That same day, the Minister of Health, Hernando Cevallos, estimated that the third wave from pandemic it would take place “in the next 15 or 20 days,” but he stressed that Peru continues to work on the immunization of the target population. “If we could have more vaccines would be fantastic, because we have deployed a strategy to bring the Ministry of Health to the population with brigades to vaccinate in different parts of the country to close the gaps of the most vulnerable people, “he said.
How far has the process advanced and how many have yet to be immunized? According to figures from the Minsa as of last night, 35% of the population over 12 years of age (9’798.583 people) is fully vaccinated, while 53.7% (15′041.998) have received at least the first dose. Of this group, 18.7% of Peruvians (5’243,415) currently have a dose. To achieve the ideal scenario to cover 100% of the target population, 66.1% of the population have yet to complete the immunization or inoculate both doses, which is equivalent to 18’225.667 people [ver gráfico].
In recent months the gap of no vaccinated and partially it has been reducing at a higher speed compared to the first quarter of the year. For example, between August and September 4.4 million second doses have been applied; figure that represents 45.4% of what has been achieved to date. Likewise, the recent incorporation of young people between 20 and 30 years of age into the process has led to a greater rise in the first dose curve so far this month (from 37.9% to 53.7%).
Gaps vaccination for ages they have also been declining. Complete immunization already exceeds 50% in the group between 40 and 50 years old and is around 70% in the group between 50 and 60. However, 25% of older adults (more than 1 million) are not fully vaccinated. Of this figure, about 800,000 older adults would not have received any dose and 200,000 would only have one.
On the other hand, the advance of first doses in young people between 30 and 40 years old exceeds 50%, while the group between 20 and 29 years old only reaches 30%.
Contrast in provinces
The distance in the coverage of vaccination At the regional level, they are maintained with respect to what was observed at the beginning of the year. El Callao, Tacna, Metropolitan Lima, Arequipa and Ica continue to lead in vaccination for the fourth consecutive month. The first three already have more than 40% of their population over 12 years fully vaccinated.
It should be noted that in September the Ica region, that last weekend experienced a massive influx of people from Lima to get vaccinated with Pfizer, registered the highest percentage growth in the application of second doses, going from 28.5% to 41.3% coverage. Yesterday, through the publication Regional Ordinance NO 0011-2021-UP-ICA In the newspaper El Peruano, the Regional Government ordered the requirement of the vaccination with two doses to enter mass events in public and private spaces to stimulate the process. Faced with this, Cevallos asked the regional governors to first coordinate with the Minsa the application of this measure.
“There are initiatives that can be interesting and good, but that must be properly organized with the Ministry of Health because not all regions have the same reality or quantity of vaccinated people, nor the same age groups ”, he pointed.
In contrast, the lower rates of vaccination they are still found in Huánuco, Madre de Dios, Loreto and Puno, regions that lagged behind since the start of immunization. A few days before the eventual start of the third wave, almost 8 out of 10 people are not vaccinated with two doses in these regions. The situation is no less worrying in Huánuco, Ucayali and Ayacucho, where three out of every four residents do not have the vaccine complete.
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Juan Carlos Carbajal, researcher at OpenCovid-Peru, highlights the fact that the currently lagging regions also registered the lowest coverage in older adults before. However, this is not due to a lack of vaccines, but probably to the attitude of the population.
“Either there is not a good response from the elderly population or it has to do with the communication from the authorities. Although these regions are currently vaccinating people between 20 and 25 years of age, it does not necessarily mean that by older ages they are well advanced “, Explain.
The specialist adds that a key aspect will be the Minsa’s strategy to bring the vaccine to the population, take the immunization strategy to public places and posts, in such a way that it contributes to reducing the gap.
“There are regions that have been making progress in coverage for a month and a half, but this progress has occurred above all because they have decreased age ranges. If it had focused only on older adults, 50 or 40, we would not be talking about 50% with at least one dose nationwide “, write down.
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