Overview
- The Regional Council of Puno approved a regional sanitary emergency for 60 working days in response to the measles outbreak and ordered DIRESA Puno to activate a contingency plan within 48 hours.
- Officials are prioritizing San Román and Sandia, where DIRESA reports 112 confirmed cases, with the largest cluster in Juliaca and additional clusters in San Pedro de Putina Punco and San Miguel.
- Health authorities have collected 378 samples since the first case about a month ago, with 183 results still pending, which means the confirmed tally could rise in the short term.
- The emergency plan calls for intensified vaccination brigades, active case-finding, epidemiological sweeps, targeted movement controls, and broad risk communication to the public.
- DIRESA officials say most cases are in school-age children due to resistance to vaccination and limited access for health brigades in schools, and they warn upcoming local fairs could speed transmission without higher coverage.