“The unusual increase of cases of a rare disease in a short period of time “negatively affects the continuity of health services, as there are not enough strategic resources to respond to the volume and complexity of the cases in the different health facilities,” warned the decree published the El Peruano (Official Gazette).

The declaration of emergency was requested last Wednesday by Health Minister César Vásquez, who considered that “if the number of cases increases, there could be a lack of immunoglobulin.”

Why was it ‘unexpected’? The Industrial Revolution allowed natural selection to be thwarted, leaving degenerated stock more so.