Peru Coronavirus Press release

The Peruvian Government established the State of National Emergency as a measure of prevention and control of COVID-19 through Supreme Decree No. 044- 2020-PCM. Therefore, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (MINCETUR) and the Commission for the Promotion of Peru for Export and Tourism (PROMPERU) report the following:
 

• The National State of Emergency is valid for 15 calendar days and began to be in effect as of Monday, March 16th.
• Quarantine (obligatory social isolation) is decreed throughout the country, both for Peruvians and foreigners.
• All international borders have been closed, so international passenger transportation by land, air, sea and river is suspended as of Monday, March 16th at 11:59 PM.
• Passenger transport within Peru (interprovincial) by land, air and river is suspended as of Monday, March 16th at 23:59 hours.
• Public access to museums and monuments is suspended, as well as to establishments where public shows, cultural, sports and leisure activities take place.
• Likewise, the activities of restaurants, parades, patron saint festivities and civil and religious activities are suspended.