Today (19 February), the United Kingdom government donated 20 mechanical ventilators, 40 non-invasive ventilators and 40 monitors to the Ministry of Health of Peru to contribute to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The donation, valued at two million soles (520 thousand pounds sterling), was delivered by the British ambassador, Kate Harrisson. She said:
The COVID-19 pandemic is a truly global challenge and we must come together to defeat it and help our countries to recover. I am therefore very pleased that the United Kingdom is able to donate this life saving equipment to the government of Peru. I hope it will help to ensure that fewer families suffer the loss of a loved one at the hands of this terrible virus. We will continue to do all we can to share expertise, resources and information with Peru as we face this shared challenge. It is necessary to continue complying with safety measures in light of recent increases in cases in Peru. Let’s continue with social distancing so that the contagion curve does not rise again
UK Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas, Wendy Morton, said:
International collaboration is key to beating COVID-19. That is why the UK is working in partnership with countries, including Peru, to bring the virus under control. I am proud that the UK is providing the life-saving equipment Peru needs at this important time. Only by working together will we be successful in saving lives and ending the pandemic.
The implements for the care of patients with COVID-19 were delivered to the Ministry of Health, who will be in charge of their distribution to the different hospitals across Peru.
The governments of Peru and the United Kingdom have been in constant communication to join forces in the fight against COVID-19, and continue to strengthen the bilateral relationship and joint work between both countries on projects such as the reconstruction of the north of Peru, and commercial opportunities and investment.
This donation ratifies the UK’s leading role in the global and scientific response to the COVID19 pandemic. The United Kingdom is also the main donor to the COVAX Facility, which seeks to ensure accessible vaccines to the countries of the world when it is finalised.
Ontem, 19 de fevereiro, o governo do Reino Unido doou 20 ventiladores mecânicos, 40 ventiladores não invasivos e 40 monitores ao Ministério da Saúde do  para contribuir no combate à pandemia de . A doação, avaliada em dois milhões de sóis (520 mil libras esterlinas), foi entregue pela embaixadora britânica, Kate Harrisson, que disse: "a pandemia é um desafio verdadeiramente global e devemos nos unir para derrotá-la e ajudar nossos países a se recuperar".

Os equipamentos foram entregues ao Ministério da Saúde, que se encarregará de sua distribuição aos diferentes hospitais do país.

'''A pandemia no Peru'''

O Peru chegou a 1 milhão de casos de covid no dia 22 de dezembro passado, tendo atualmente, segundo o Worlodometer, 1.261.804 casos confirmados da doença e 44.489 óbitos. 

O país vive, desde meados de janeiro passado, uma segunda onda de covid, quando os casos voltaram a passar de 5 mil por dia, o que não acontecia desde o final de setembro de 2020. Anteonte, 18 de fevereiro, o Peru registrou seu 2º pior dias de contaminações novas, com 9.667 infecções. O recorde anterior era 16 de agosto de 2020, com 10.143 novos casos. 

E no meio da piora da pandemia, o país ainda lida com um escândalo envolvendo a vacinação, após se descobrir uma "lista vip" de autoridades que tomaram vacinas sem estarem nos grupos prioritários para a vacinação. "O ex-presidente Vizcarra aparece em uma lista de quase 500 pessoas que 'aproveitaram sua posição' para ter acesso à vacina chinesa Sinopharm, segundo disse o atual presidente interino Francisco Sagasti no início desta semana", escreveu a CNN Brasil.