The nocturnal curfew in effect Peru for nearly two years, it will end this weekend, according to a decree published this Saturday, which extended the state of emergency by one month for the covid-19 pandemic.
The government decided to lift the five-hour curfew rule, estimating that “it was no longer effective”, despite the fact that Covid-19 infections reached one million in January (almost a third of the total) sent off according to the plague of the third wave and that Lima was placed in a state of emergency to keep crime in check.
The decision, taken by the Council of Ministers On Wednesday, it was made official in a decree published in the official newspaper, expanding the national state of emergency, which was declared after the interruption of the pandemic in Peru, in March 2020.
“There will no longer be a curfew in our country, it will be declared null and void. The measure has health considerations, an evaluation has been made (…) on the impact of the curfew and we are considering suspending it, “The Minister of Security said on Wednesday. Cheers, Hernando Cevallos, to Channel N.
“The curfew caused crowds when they returned from work,” he said.
However, the minister warned that dances, social gatherings (even at home), patron feasts and all gatherings “involving concentration or agglomeration of people, which endanger public health” would still be banned.
The state of emergency makes it possible to restrict the exercise of constitutional rights with regard to personal freedom and security, the inviolability of the home, and freedom of assembly and transit.
The national state of emergency, which rules in parallel with the health emergency due to the pandemic, authorizes the army to patrol the streets with the police during the curfew rule.
Peru collects more than three million cases of Covid-19 and more than 205,000 dead.
The Andean country, with 33 million inhabitants, has the highest death rate due to the pandemic in the world: 6,220 per million inhabitants, according to an AFP balance based on official figures.
On January 21, there was a record of nearly 60,000 new infections, but this week it dropped to an average of 42,000 per day, which would indicate that the worst phase of the third wave is over.
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Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx