Peru has replaced the head of the interior Ministry reported hundreds of police with COVID 19

MOSCOW, 25 APR – RIA Novosti. Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra has sent in the resignation of the Minister of the interior Carlos Moran in the midst of a pandemic of coronavirus, according to local newspaper Comercio.

a Day earlier, Moran said that COVID-19 infected with about 1.2 thousand employees of law enforcement agencies in Peru.

However, Prime Minister Vicente Ceballos denied media reports, according to which the resignation of the interior Minister associated with the investigation of corruption schemes surrounding the supply of protective sanitation facilities for police officers.

“the Minister Moran resigned for personal reasons. He headed the Ministry from October 2018, and we respect his decision,” – said the Prime Minister.

the New interior Minister Gaston Rodriguez Limo, who earlier headed the national police already took the oath.

a Month ago, the President of Peru has made personnel changes in the leadership of the Ministry of health – another key Ministry to fight coronavirus.

According to the latest data, the number of confirmed cases of infection COVID-19 in Peru reached 20 914 died 572 people. Vizcarra President on Thursday extended a state of emergency until may 10. PE involves a mandatory quarantine and curfews.

the world health organization on 11 March announced the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest world health organization, worldwide there were more than 2.6 million cases, more than 181 thousand people died.

Current data on the situation of COVID-19 in Russia and the world presented on the portal stopmanager.of the Russian Federation.