Overview
- The government issued a 90-day national health emergency after officials confirmed community transmission in Puno, enabling expedited budgets and emergency vaccine orders.
- The Ministry of Health has distributed 1,185,435 measles vaccine doses and placed an additional emergency order of roughly 176,772 doses to bolster regional supplies.
- Regional authorities reported new locally transmitted cases between May 23 and May 25, including two autochthonous cases in Arequipa and the first confirmed case in Lambayeque, with Caylloma reporting 20–30 suspected cases under rapid laboratory testing.
- Minsa expanded free catch-up vaccination to children up to age 10 with incomplete schedules and has deployed fixed posts, mobile brigades and school campaigns to reach pockets of low coverage.
- Public-health officials stress that measles requires two SRP doses for reliable protection, that single doses fail in some children, and that gaps in routine coverage plus high travel raise the risk of further spread.