The COVID-19 vaccination program in Peru is the national vaccination strategy to protect the population against SARS-CoV-2 employing vaccines developed for the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru. Vaccination began on 9 February 2021, after three days of arrival of first vaccines. On a nation message, the head of state Francisco Sagasti confirmed the purchase of 38 millions of vaccines, being one million of vaccines for health personnel.

Timeline

Arrival of the first vaccines

On 7 February 2021 at 19:54 h (UTC−5), 300,000 vaccines lot of Sinopharm coming from China arrived at the airport Jorge Chávez. This event was overseen by the president, Francisco Sagasti. Shortly after, the head of state reported that on 14 February a remaining lot 700,000 vaccines will also arrive to the country. On 8 February 2021, a thousand police officers were reported to guard the warehouse of National Center for the Supply of Strategic Health Resources (CENARES, acronym in Spanish).

Vaccine distribution

According to the Government of Peru, the vaccination is predicted in three phases.

StagePeople included1 Health sector personnel National Police Armed Forces General Corps of Volunteer Firefighters Peruvian red cross Serenazgo (Watchman unit) Staff of the National Institute of Civil Defence (INDECI) Health-related science students. Board members of the 2021 national elections2 People over 60 years and with comorbidity. Native or indigenous population Prison staff3 People over 18 years of age

Public opinion According to the study presented by IPSOS, a French sociological and market research company, the acceptance of the vaccine in the Peruvian population was below 50% until January 2021 due to an environment of mistrust in the management of the Vaccination and management of the pandemic during the government of Martín Vizcarra and Francisco Sagasti. As of February 2021, the period that begins the vaccination process, the study revealed a slow and steady increase in the acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine.

+Question: "Do you want to be vaccinated, do you not want to be vaccinated or have you already been vaccinated? I do want to get vaccinatedI don't want to get vaccinatedI already got vaccinatedNot precise Source Aug 2020* 75% 22% 0%3% Dec 2020* 57% 40% 0%3% Jan 2021* 48% 48% 0%4% Feb 2021* 59% 35% 0%6% Mar 2021** 60% 33% 0%7% May 2021* 63% 30% 4%3%

Note: (*) It was asked how "If right now a vaccine approved by the Ministry of Health and free to prevent the COVID-19, do you? would you be vaccinated or not vaccinated? Note 2: (**) He wondered how "If tomorrow it's your turn for the COVID-19 vaccine, would you or would you not get the vaccine?"

Vaccines on order

Vaccine nameDoses Progress Quantity Approval DeploymentLast delivery Sinopharm BIBPTwo Phase III clinical trials 6 million 5 June 2021 Pfizer–BioNTechTwo Phase III clinical trials 20,5 million 3 March 20211 July 2021 12 million35 million Oxford–AstraZeneca and Pfizer–BioNTech (by Covax Facility)Two Phase III clinical trials 13,2 million 3 June 2021 Oxford–AstraZenecaTwo Phase III clinical trials 14 million Not yetJohnson & JohnsonOnePhase III clinical trials Not yetSputnik VTwoPhase III clinical trials20 million Not yetModernaTwoPhase III clinical trials20 million Not yet

Chronology of the doses arrived in Peru No. Vaccine name Quantity Arrival date Source(s) 1 Sinopharm BIBP 300,000 7 February 2021 2 Sinopharm BIBP 700,000 13 February 2021 3 Pfizer–BioNTech 50,000 3 March 2021 4 Pfizer–BioNTech (by Covax Facility) 117,000 10 March 2021 5Pfizer–BioNTech50,00010 March 2021 6 Pfizer–BioNTech 50,000 17 March 2021 7 Pfizer–BioNTech 50,310 24 March 20218Pfizer–BioNTech49,14031 March 20219Pfizer–BioNTech200,0707 April 202110Pfizer–BioNTech200,70014 April 202111Oxford-AstraZeneca (by Covax Facility)276,00018 April 202112Pfizer–BioNTech200,70021 April 202113Pfizer–BioNTech200,00028 April 202114Pfizer–BioNTech350,0006 May 202115Pfizer–BioNTech350,0007 May 202116Pfizer–BioNTech700,00013 May 202117Pfizer–BioNTech395,00017 May 202118Pfizer–BioNTech395,00020 May 202119Pfizer–BioNTech396,63024 May 202120Pfizer–BioNTech395,46026 May 202121Oxford-AstraZeneca (by Covax Facility)511,20029 May 202122Pfizer–BioNTech251,55031 May 202123Sinopharm BIBP700,0002 June 202124Pfizer–BioNTech (by Covax Facility)468,0003 June 202125Pfizer–BioNTech250,3803 June 202126Pfizer–BioNTech242,1904 June 202127Sinopharm BIBP300,0005 June 202128Pfizer–BioNTech496,08010 June 202129Pfizer–BioNTech497,25017 June 202130Pfizer–BioNTech497,25024 June 202131Pfizer–BioNTech (United States donation)1,002,00029 June 202132Pfizer–BioNTech497,2501 July 202133Pfizer–BioNTech (United States donation)998,0007 July 202134Sinopharm BIBP614,40010 July 202135Sinopharm BIBP385,60011 July 202136Pfizer–BioNTech281,97015 July 202137Pfizer–BioNTech886,86022 July 202138Pfizer–BioNTech936,00026 July 202139Pfizer–BioNTech196,56030 July 202140Sinopharm BIBP1,000,0001 August 202141Oxford–AstraZeneca (Spain donation)101,7604 August 202142Pfizer–BioNTech475,0205 August 202143Pfizer–BioNTech569,79012 August 202144Sinopharm BIBP1,000,00015 August 202145Pfizer–BioNTech594,36020 August 202146Sinopharm BIBP614,40021 August 202147Sinopharm BIBP385,60022 August 202148Pfizer–BioNTech540,54026 August 202149Sinopharm BIBP1,000,00029 August 202150Oxford–AstraZeneca (Canada donation)35,1002 September 202151Pfizer–BioNTech662,2203 September 202152Sinopharm BIBP2,000,0004 September 202153Pfizer–BioNTech748,8006 September 202154Oxford–AstraZeneca (by Covax Facility)362,4008 September 202155Sinopharm BIBP2,862,50010 September 202156Sinopharm BIBP3,342,60011 September 202157Sinopharm BIBP794,90012 September 202158Pfizer–BioNTech748,80013 September 202159Oxford–AstraZeneca (Ecuador donation)336,00013 September 202160Oxford–AstraZeneca (by Covax Facility)146,40014 September 2021

Dose count and statisticsVaccine nameQuantityTotal% of populationTargetpopulation% of populationPopulation(est. 2020) One dose Two dose One dose Two doseSinopharm BIBP16,000,00033,761,60027,244,20332,625,948Pfizer-BioNTech15,992,740Oxford-AstraZeneca1,768,860

Vaccines in trial stage

+VaccineType (technology)Phase IPhase IIPhase III Sinopharm BIBPInactivated Pfizer–BioNTechRNA Oxford–AstraZenecaViral vector JanssenViral vector CureVacRNA

Statistics

By department

+COVID-19 vaccination by department September 15, 2021 (UTC−5)DepartmentFirst doseSecond doseCumulativedosePopulationTotal% of pop.Total% of pop. 12,391,748 37.98% 8,933,405 27.38% 21,325,153 32,625,948 Amazonas136,28431.93%87,68420.54%223,968426,806 Ancash462,90439.21%335,21328.39%798,1171,180,638 Apurimac173,01340.17%109,31025.38%282,323430,736631,54342.17%461,80430.84%1,093,3471,497,438213,21431.91%132,00519.75%345,219668,213476,82432.80%318,32021.90%795,1441,453,711 Callao province579,18251.26%435,52338.55%1,014,7051,129,854 Cusco444,35532.74%333,97924.61%778,3341,357,075 Huancavelica127,32234.85%94,53225.88%221,854365,317206,59927.17%128,56316.91%335,162760,267 Ica400,45141.06%265,23527.20%665,686975,182508,96437.38%397,65129.21%906,6151,361,467 La Libertad661,80632.82%443,83922.01%1,105,6452,016,771386,43929.48%277,08621.14%663,5251,310,785444,89146.65%295,77931.01%740,670953,715 Lima province4,456,21146.06%3,425,83035.41%7,882,0419,674,755 Loreto215,31720.95%147,36514.34%362,6821,027,55940,19723.13%26,15315.05%66,350173,81180,25241.64%61,15631.73%141,408192,740112,81741.49%81,99230.15%194,809271,904625,90830.56%422,91720.65%1,048,8252,047,954 Puno274,95222.21%150,94012.19%425,8921,237,997 San Martin281,84231.33%189,41821.05%471,260899,648198,55753.52%147,78639.84%346,343370,97493,79037.29%58,47423.25%152,264251,521 Ucayali158,11426.84%104,85117.80%262,965589,110

Progress of the vaccination campaign

COVID-19 vaccination progress in PeruEstimated population to be vaccinated: 27,244,203 people

(Inoculated with first dose)

(Inoculated with second dose)DateFirst doseSecond doseCumulativedoseTotalVariation% of pop.TotalVariation% of pop.9-feb-213,8423,8420.01%000.00%3,84215-feb-21110,792106,9500.41%000.00%110,7921-mar-21321,851211,0591.18%000.00%321,85115-mar-21430,874109,0231.58% 173,578173,5780.64%604,452 1-apr-21662,463231,5892.43%377,945204,3671.39%1,040,40815-abr-21743,07780,6142.73%544,887166,9422.00%1,287,9641-may-211,127,587384,5104.14%687,606142,7192.52%1,815,19315-may-211,815,080687,4936.66%825,828138,2223.03%2,640,9081-jun-212,984,6201,169,54010.96%1,332,284506,4564.89%4,316,90415-jun-213,829,456844,83614.06%2,236,998904,7148.21%6,066,4541-Jul-214,612,161782,70516.93%3,287,7421,050,74412.07%7,899,90315-jul-216,474,7291,862,56823.77%3,845,047557,30514.11%10,319,7761-aug-218,035,7961,561,06729.50%5,287,1671,442,12019.41%13,322,96315-aug-219,215,6261,023,43533.83%6,920,1131,437,77825.40%16,135,7391-sep-2110,519,5721,184,43238.61%8,314,6061,191,21230.52%18,834,17815-sep-2112,391,7481,747,18045.48%8,933,405495,53832.79%21,325,153

Demographics +Vaccination by sex and age, registered on September 15, 2021Year groupMaleFemaleFirst doseSecond doseCumulativedosePopulationOne doseTwo doseOne doseTwo doseTotal% of pop.Total% of pop. Total 5,883,925 4,205,383 6,507,830 4,728,027 12,391,755 37.98% 8,933,410 27.38%21,325,165 32,625,9480-9000000.00%00.00%05,384,07010-19121220.00%40.00%65,206,37220-29268,104165,164276,265147,666544,36910.07%312,8305.79%857,1995,403,67030-39902,481227,2521,048,431295,2651,950,91238.78%522,51710.39%2,473,4295,031,11740-491,469,356916,5041,618,8371,057,3783,088,19373.82%1,973,88247.19%5,062,0754,183,14750-591,323,8361,122,0481,433,0831,243,2312,756,91984.13%2,365,27972.18%5,122,1983,277,13460-69991,384906,6761,065,272983,8392,056,65692.59%1,890,51585.11%3,947,1712,221,24170-79598,883560,388653,300614,1981,252,18398.45%1,174,58692.35%2,426,7691,271,84280+329,878307,348412,638386,448742,516114.70%693,796107.17%1,436,312647,355No data21305 -1 -6 -

Graphs

Departments by type of vaccines Last updated: September 15, 2021.

Data source: Platform of "Datos abiertos", Government of Peru.

Inoculated doses in provinces Last updated: September 15, 2021. Percentage of population (2020) with second dose in most populated provinces of the country.

Note: Name of provinces and department name in parentheses. Chiclayo (Lambayeque), Coronel Portillo (Ucayali), Huancayo (Junin), Lima (Lima province), Maynas (Loreto), Santa (Ancash) and Trujillo (La Libertad) Data source: Platform of "Datos abiertos", Government of Peru.

Districts of Lima with the most vaccinations Last updated: September 15, 2021. Districts of the city of Lima with the highest reception of people who were inoculated with the two doses with respect to the size of their population (est. 2020). The districts with the highest percentage vaccinate people who come from other districts and have large vaccination centers.

Data source: Platform of "Datos abiertos", Government of Peru.

Vaccine distribution Last updated: September 15, 2021.

Data source: Platform of "Datos abiertos", Government of Peru.

Vaccination progress Last updated: September 15, 2021.

Data source: Platform of "Datos abiertos", Government of Peru.

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