Peru strengthens vaccine administration following new COVID-19 variant
STORY: Peru strengthens vaccine administration following new COVID-19 variant
DATELINE: Sept. 3, 2023
LENGTH: 00:03:36
LOCATION: Lima
CATEGORY: HEALTH
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STORYLINE:
Peruvian Health Minister Cesar Vasquez announced on Friday that in the coming days they will reinforce the administration of the bivalent vaccine against the coronavirus variant EG.5 after confirming the first two cases in the country.
He emphasized that the bivalent vaccine "provides the best protection against these new variants" and mentioned that the country has a "sufficient quantity of these vaccines" to protect the entire population, especially vulnerable groups and those who have not yet been vaccinated against the new coronavirus.
According to the Ministry of Health, these EG.5 variant cases involve a 57-year-old male and a
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