2021 in Peru

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Events in the year 2021 in Peru.

Incumbents

• President:
  • Francisco Sagasti
• Prime Minister:
  • Violeta Bermúdez

Events

• January 27 – A lockdown is enforced in central Peru until February 14 as hospitals near collapse. There have been 1,107,239 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 40,107 deaths. Studies of the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine will continue during the lockdown. The first one million doses of vaccination are expected to begin in February.[1]

Deaths

• January 16 – Rapper One, 41, rapper; COVID-19.[2]
• January 17 – Víctor Crisólogo, 68, politician, member of Congress (2011–2016); COVID-19.[3]
• January 18 – Carlos Burga, 68, Olympic boxer (1972); COVID-19.[4]
• January 19 – Carlos Tapia García, 79, politician, member of Congress (1985–1990) and Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2001–2003); COVID-19.[5]

See also

• History of Peru

References

1. "Lockdown imposed in central Peru as COVID-19 surges". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
2. Rapper One, el primer ganador de Red Bull Perú, fallece tras luchar contra la COVID-19 (in Spanish)
3. Excongresista Víctor Crisólogo fallece en Nuevo Chimbote por COVID-19 (in Spanish)
4. Carlos Burga, histórico boxeador peruano, falleció víctima del coronavirus (in Spanish)
5. Carlos Tapia, exdiputado y columnista de Perú21, falleció este martes {{in lang|es}