Minister of Health César Vásquez Addresses Significant Increase in Coronavirus Cases due to JN.1 Sublineage, Clarifies Not Facing Sixth Wave

Minister of Health César Vásquez Addresses Significant Increase in Coronavirus Cases due to JN.1 Sublineage, Clarifies Not Facing Sixth Wave

The Minister of Health, César Vásquez, recognized a “significant increase in coronavirus cases” in the country, due to the new JN.1 sublineage, descendant of the Ómicron BA.2.86 variant, but clarified that “we are not facing a sixth wave” of infections. SEE ALSO: COVID-19: Minsa confirms the presence of the JN.1 variant in Peru “We are … Read more

Get Vaccinated and Tested for COVID-19 at Agua Dulce Beach in Lima this Weekend: Minsa

Get Vaccinated and Tested for COVID-19 at Agua Dulce Beach in Lima this Weekend: Minsa

In order to promote a healthy summer, the staff of the Directorate of Integrated Health Networks (Diris) Lima Sur will travel to Agua Dulce beach, in Chorrillos, this weekend. In this place, vacationers will have the opportunity to receive the bivalent vaccine and undergo Covid-19 detection tests, according to the Ministry of Health (Minsa). The … Read more

Updated Vaccine Against Covid-19 Arriving in January to Protect Against Omicron Variant, Says Panama’s Vice Minister of Health

Updated Vaccine Against Covid-19 Arriving in January to Protect Against Omicron Variant, Says Panama’s Vice Minister of Health

The Vice Minister of Health, Ivette Berrío confirmed that the arrival of the updated vaccine against Covid-19 is being managed during this month of January. Berrío explained that the vaccine technical team is holding conversations with the pharmaceutical company to determine the number of doses that will be arriving in the country. The vaccine protects … Read more

COVID-19 Vaccination Centers and Availability in Peru

COVID-19 Vaccination Centers and Availability in Peru

Vaccination In addition to the points mentioned, it is necessary to remember that the Minsa has established places for the placement of the vaccine against covid-19 in Directorates of Integrated Health Networks (Diris) center, south, north and east. Search the following link for the health centers closest to your location. EsSalud will also serve the … Read more

HPV Vaccination for Students by Ministry of Health – Schedule and Details

HPV Vaccination for Students by Ministry of Health – Schedule and Details

Since March of this year, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) has vaccinated boys and girls in the fifth grade of primary school against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). The vaccination brigades went to public and private schools to protect the target population and 631,020 doses have been administered. As vaccination is about to be completed in … Read more

Ministry of Health Urges Public to Donate Blood & Reschedules Appointments

Ministry of Health Urges Public to Donate Blood & Reschedules Appointments

The Ministry of Health (Minsa) reiterated the solidarity call to the population to go to blood donation centers throughout the country to keep reserves supplied. “We have a shortage of heme components at the Hospital del Niño, Hospital Santo Tomás, at the Nicolás Solano in Panamá Oeste and at the Anita Moreno Hospital in Los … Read more

First Case of BA.2.86 or ‘Pirola’ Sublineage of Omicron Variant Identified in Peru

First Case of BA.2.86 or ‘Pirola’ Sublineage of Omicron Variant Identified in Peru

The genomic surveillance team of the National Institute of Health (INS) of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) identified the first case in the country of the BA.2.86 or ‘Pirola’ sublineage descended from the omicron variant. What is known about her? Through genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2, it has been identified that the first case of ‘Pirola’ … Read more

Ukrainian Fuel Market Faces Emergency as Anti-Russian Measures Cause Collapse

Ukrainian Fuel Market Faces Emergency as Anti-Russian Measures Cause Collapse

There is another state of emergency on the Ukrainian fuel market. A kind of anti-Russian “witch hunt” has been taken to the limit when they are fighting not only monuments, but even fuel. Of course, the result of such dubious activities was a real transport and fuel collapse. The situation is described by the Ukrainian … Read more

Complete Your Anticovid Vaccination Schedule: Ministry of Health Recommendations

Complete Your Anticovid Vaccination Schedule: Ministry of Health Recommendations

by Fernando Chuquillanqui September 14, 2023 9:15 AM. Updated September 14, 2023 9:32 AM He Sometimes has recommended that the population complete their anticovid vaccinationupon the appearance of the call You will be different in the world. The Ministry of Health (Sometimes) has recommended to the citizens complete the vaccination schedule against COVID-19after the World … Read more

Vaccines against COVID-19: Ministry of Health Ensures Proper Storage and Cold Chain Monitoring

Vaccines against COVID-19: Ministry of Health Ensures Proper Storage and Cold Chain Monitoring

Vaccines against COVID-19 are found throughout the country and the Ministry of Health (Minsa) frequently monitors the correct storage and cold chain to guarantee their use, said the Vice Minister of Public Health, Ricardo Peña Sánchez. During his presentation before the ‘Special Commission for Monitoring Emergencies and Risk and Disaster Management-COVID-19’ of the Congress of … Read more