Overview
- Regional health authorities confirmed 147 measles cases in Puno, with most in Juliaca and additional clusters in San Miguel, Caracoto, and Sandia’s San Pedro de Putina Punco.
- Lab work has processed 418 samples, discarding 130 as negative and leaving 141 suspected cases awaiting results.
- Reports from the past week show roughly 10 new infections per day across 13 districts in nine provinces.
- Cases span children and teens, with most patients aged 10–19 and half of Sandia’s cases in children 5–9.
- Authorities report no deaths and urge families to check vaccination cards and get shots, as Puno accounts for nearly all 152 cases reported nationally.