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Peru: Over 90.435 million COVID-19 vaccine doses applied

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00:00 | Lima, Sep. 21.

90,436,159 doses of the vaccine against COVID-19 have been so far administered in Peru, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported.

Out of that total, 25,850,569 were given as second dose, thus accounting for 90.45% of the target population.

Within this framework, 21,392,303 citizens have been vaccinated with a third dose.

They also account for 74.85% of the target population, the leading government authority in the health sector said in its daily report.

Similarly, 7,118,702 people have received the fourth dose, thus accounting for 28.51% of the goal.

In addition, 1,878,136 have received the bivalent dose. They account for 18.29% of the target population.

The information above is applicable as of September 20 at 12:00 p.m. (local time) and was published on the COVID-19 Vaccination Situation Room.

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Published: 9/21/2023