Overview
- Peru’s Health Ministry opened eight vaccination points across Lima, prioritizing children under 5, adults 60+, pregnant women, people with chronic conditions and health workers, with no additional dose needed for those already vaccinated this year.
- EsSalud urges mask use when symptomatic, frequent handwashing, ventilation and avoiding crowds, and it offers guidance via the 107 hotline (option 0) while asking asymptomatic people to avoid unnecessary hospital visits.
- Regional surveillance continues after an epidemiological alert, with Puno’s suspected case testing negative as confirmed cases remain two minors in Lima who are stable.
- WHO reports flu activity starting 3–6 weeks earlier in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, yet current data do not show increased intrinsic severity; preliminary estimates suggest vaccines reduce hospitalizations by about 70–75% in children and 30–40% in adults.
- Mexico confirmed its first H3N2 subclade K case on December 12 with recovery after outpatient antivirals, and CDC Perú assesses epidemic risk as low given Peru’s summer conditions.