Журнал. World association for medical law. The COVID-19 pandemic. Volume 39 2

272 Medicine and Law expected. The idea was to confine this passenger arriving fromAsia, specifically from China 1 . Peru sought situational control by listing all contacts made by symptomatic people, prior to their arrival at the airport, to place them in isolation and avoid community spread. The Ministry of Health concentrated on preparing the transport 2 and place of isolation for these individuals and those with whom they came in contact at the airport 3 . However, the events did not occur as planned. Patient Zero did not arrive fromAsia and did not present any symptoms: he went unnoticed through a process unprepared to contain him. Chronology and Actions Taken OnMarch 6 2020 4 , the first COVID-19 patient, a 25 year oldmale, was confirmed – he had returned to Lima, Peru, from a trip in Europe 5 . 1 The “National Plan for the Preparation and Response to the Risk of Introduction of the Coronavirus 2019-nCov” was approved by Ministerial Resolution N° 039-2020/MINSA, dated January 31 st , 2020, which focused on people who had previously been in China and presented symptoms. 2 The news about the measures and the Mobile Hospital enabled at the Jorge Chávez International Airport, located in the Constitutional Province of Callao, can be seen at :https://portaldeturismo.pe/noticia/minsa-muestra-hospital-movil-ante-posible-ingreso- de-coronavirus-por-aeropuerto-jorge-chavez/ 3 The news that Peru had arrangements for the arrival of patient zero can be seen at: https:// www.elperuano.pe/noticia-plan-accion-frente-al-covid19-90634.aspx 4 The news can be consulted in https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-presidente-vizcarra- confirma-primer-caso-coronavirus-peru-787293.aspx 5 Indeed, the patient zero arrived at Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, the capital of Peru, on February 26, 2020, he was asymptomatic and passed the controls easily, because in that time only those people with fever and who came from Asia mainly from China were sought. In an interview, the patient reported that on February 29, for the first time he had symptoms of cough without fever. When he went to a private hospital to rule out COVID-19, the COVID test was not carried out because he had no fever, so they sent him home, after this situation he called to National helpline number and a sample was taken. The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed on March 6, 2020. The patient infected his nuclear family: his grandfather and grandmother aged 78 and 74, respectively, as well as his 7-year-old cousin. The boy’s classes started on February 26, 2020. For that, the school was forced to suspended classes and closed. By that time, there were 6 COVID-19 positive people in Peru. The interview can be seen at https://www.facebook.com/ATVNoticias9/ videos/766883033839827/?v=766883033839827 and the news of the student infected at https://gestion.pe/tendencias/coronavirus-en-peru-menor-de-siete-anos-es-uno-de- los-contagiados-nndc-noticia/ and https://rpp.pe/lima/actualidad/coronavirus-covid-19- colegio-newton-suspende-sus-clases-hasta-el-20-de-marzo-noticia-1250306