Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra signed a decree exempting foreign doctors and nurses from the validation of their diplomas.
Peru has more than 430,000 coronavirus and its fitness service is in difficulty.
More than 830,000 Venezuelans have arrived in the country in years.
In total, more than five million people have fled the current political and economic crisis in Venezuela, many of a new life in Colombia, Peru, Brazil and beyond in the United States and Europe.
Some of those who have sought a new life in Peru say they have faced the xenophobia of Peruvians who are concerned that Venezuelans will take their jobs.
Peruvian Prime Minister Pedro Cateriano said the emergency decree would allow qualified Peruvian and foreign doctors to practice pandemic medicine even if they are not registered on Peru’s medical council.
“In this way, the entire medical body of workers living here will be able to target this national cause [of coronavirus control],” Cateriano said.
“In recent days, we have noticed slight increases in the number of instances and deaths. We passed as if there was no epidemic,” the prime minister warned.
The pandemic and the desperate need for a skilled medical body of workers it has created has given some Venezuelan doctors the chance to move from casual to normal employment.
Felimar Luque is a Venezuelan gynecologist who left her country in 2019. Before the new measure took effect, he told BBC News Mundo about the difficulties of being able to enter his career in Peru.
He recalled how, when he first arrived in the capital, Lima, he had to share a room with his sister where the two were arepas (Venezuelan corn cakes) that they would sell in a nearby market, about $20 (15 euros). one day between the two.
He then discovered paintings at a pharmacy, but may not simply pay the fees for his Venezuelan medical designation to be validated in Peru.
Finally, with the help of an NGO, and after passing a series of exams and courses, Ms. Luque was able to validate her call and register it in the medical register of Peru.
She says that even when she was given the record, she struggled to locate a task and it wasn’t until the pandemic arrived that she filed a short-term contract.
The Peruvian says that the new decree will make the process of hiring foreign doctors much easier and faster.