Type of Intervention: Other Announcement
Sectors Involved: Health, Immigration
Intervention Categories: International travel measures; Education and awareness
Level of Jurisdiction: National
Lead People/Agency: Director of the National Center for Epidemiology, Prevention and Control of Diseases (CDC) of the Ministry of Health
Overview: The government announces objective of public health measures is to break the chain of transmission of Covid-19 to avoid community cases, to strengthen surveillance, and protect vulnerable populations.
After it was announced that people from Italy, Spain, France and China must isolate themselves for a period of 14 days from the moment of departure from those countries, the director of the National Center for Epidemiology, Prevention and Control of Diseases ( CDC) of the Ministry of Health, Manuel Loayza, described this measure as timely and stressed that the objective of said provision is to cut the chain of transmission to avoid community cases.
Full details here: https://www.gob.pe/institucion/minsa/noticias/108754-objetivo-del-aislamiento-es-cortar-cadena-de-transmision-de-covid-19-para-evitar-casos-comunitarios
Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group, Learning from other jurisdictions, Scientific Evidence (e.g. academic paper, report), Perception of an increased threat
Source of Evidence or Justification: National – government, National – other
Evidence/Justification: The epidemiologist doctor pointed out that this provision not only aims to reduce the number of people exposed to the infection, it also seeks to protect people over 60 years of age and with risk factors, considered as a ‘sensitive population’ against Covid-19: “These four countries have been chosen because they present an epidemiological scenario with community transmission and a mortality rate that has risen over the days. Likewise, imported cases of Covid-19 in Brazil, Chile and Ecuador had a travel history of having been to Spain or Italy ”.