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Aumento de casos en Perú es señal de segunda ola de covid-19, afirman autoridades sanitarias

Hospitalizaciones aumentaron significativamente en las últimas cuatro semanas. Hay 1.200 pacientes en cuidados intensivos

Handout picture release by the Peruvian Health Ministry (Minsa) showing a health worker checking on passengers arriving in Peru as a measure against the new faster spreading variant of coronavirus first identified in the UK, at the Jorge Chavez airport in Lima on January 4, 2021. - Peru on Monday reinforced its epidemiological surveillance at airports to snuff out the threat of the new variant experts believe could be more transmissible, the Health Ministry reported. (Photo by Karel NAVARRO / Peruvian Ministry of Health / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / PERU'S HEALTH MINISTRY" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Handout picture release by the Peruvian Health Ministry (Minsa) showing a health worker checking on passengers arriving in Peru as a measure against the new faster spreading variant of coronavirus first identified in the UK, at the Jorge Chavez airport in Lima on January 4, 2021. - Peru on Monday reinforced its epidemiological surveillance at airports to snuff out the threat of the new variant experts believe could be more transmissible, the Health Ministry reported. (Photo by Karel NAVARRO / Peruvian Ministry of Health / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / PERU'S HEALTH MINISTRY" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS KAREL NAVARRO
Perú Una trabajadora de la salud controla la llegada de pasajeros, en Lima, el 4 de enero del 2021. Foto: AFP (KAREL NAVARRO/AFP)

Lima. Las autoridades sanitarias de Perú tienen indicios de que una segunda ola golpea el país, tras registrar un incremento de hospitalizaciones y contagios de covid-19, mientras refuerzan controles en pasajeros para evitar el ingreso de la nueva cepa descubierta en Reino Unido.

“La nueva variante es un peligro real y este rebrote que estamos teniendo tan particular en nuestro país puede estar anunciando que pudiéramos tener una segunda ola”, manifestó el martes la ministra de Salud, Pilar Mazzetti, ante una comisión del Congreso dedicada a la pandemia.

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