Peru confirms fourth case of Delta variant of COVID-19

Lima (Peru), June 27: Peru has registered the fourth case of the Delta variant of COVID-19, Health Minister Oscar Ugarte reported on Saturday.
After the detection of the fourth case, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) ordered the isolation and sampling of all the relatives of the infected patient.
The Minsa also imposed a strict epidemiological cordon to prevent the virus from spreading to other districts.
The National Institute of Health (INS) confirmed on Friday the third case of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in the city of Arequipa, which has no connection with the other two cases detected in the city, Ugarte explained.
Peru has registered 2,043,262 cases of COVID-19 and 191,447 deaths, according to the Minsa.
Source: Xinhua