LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra on Wednesday banned the family reunion circle and extended closures to five other parts of the country amid a further increase in the cases of the new coronavirus.
Fifteen of Peru’s 25 regions were already covered by progressive closures. Vizcarra announced Sunday the return of a general curfew, with figures revealing a 75% increase in infections between young people and adolescents.
“Now, the ones that infect us are the other people we know, the parents who come to stop us, the friends who come together to kick a ball or enjoy a roast,” Vizcarra said in a speech broadcast from the government palace. in Lima. “This is a challenge that we will have to solve in combination.”
In recent days, the Andean country has recorded an average of 7,000 contagions shown and two hundred deaths, according to official data.
There were 489,680 cases shown, while the total number of deaths was 21,501 on Tuesday, the ministry of fitness said.
The first case of coronavirus gave the impression in Peru on March 6 and a week later, the government imposed a strict quarantine, preventing almost all productive activity at the time, the largest copper miner in the world, whose economy is expected to contract by 12% this year. according to central bank projections.
In July, at the worst economic functionality in a century, the government began a gradual reopening that included the resumption of mining, industry and commerce, adding restaurants and shops.
Reporting through Marco Aquino; written through Aislinn Laing; edited through Grant McCool
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