Overview
- Puno remains the epicenter with 47 confirmed infections, with most cases in the province of San Román and active transmission under investigation.
- Lima has four confirmed patients, including two men in San Isidro and two cases tied to a student who traveled to Juliaca, and health leaders report no local chains of spread in the capital.
- The Health Ministry activated national alert AE-CDC No. 005-2026 to step up case-finding, 24-hour reporting through OSIRIS and SiEpibrotes, and mass vaccination, a push experts link to low second-dose coverage below the 95% target.
- To curb spread where it is highest, authorities sent 340,000 vaccine doses to Puno and report more than 18,000 people already immunized through house-to-house and institutional drives.
- San Román declared a local health emergency, urged mask use, and began vaccination sweeps up to age 59, while Moquegua flagged four suspected cases and tightened surveillance due to heavy travel from Puno.