The president of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Peru, Mirtha Vasquez, has tested positive for COVID-19, the government's press service reported.

According to the PCM, the high-ranking official has mild symptoms.

"She had received two doses of the vaccine, in addition to the booster dose," the statement posted on Twitter reads.

As clarified, Vazquez has gone into self-isolation and will continue to work remotely.

The day before it became known that the head of the Ministry of Defense of Peru, Juan Carrasco Millones was hospitalized in the intensive care unit with a coronavirus infection.

According to local media reports, 40% of his lungs were affected. Covid was also detected in the country's Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua, and earlier in mid-January in the Minister of Economy and Finance Pedro Franke.