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Mr Sagasti said these people, including many public officials, "took advantage of their position to be immunised with the Sinopharm vaccines that came in addition to those used in clinical trials".
Mr Sagasti's revelations came days after came a newspaper report revealed Mr Vizcarra, 57, and his wife, Maribel Diaz Cabello, 50, had received early doses of the Sinopharm vaccine.
Mr Vizcarra has confirmed the report, admitting he and two family members had received vaccines in October last year.On Tuesday, Dr Malaga told Peru's Congress that Mr Vizcarra had approached him about being vaccinated on 1 October, when the drug was being rolled out to 12,000 trial volunteers.
Mr Vizcarra knew he would be getting the real jab, not a placebo, Dr Malaga said. Volunteers in blind trials do not know which of the two they will receive.
The doctor said he did not believe he was acting irregularly, because he thought the president needed protection for leading the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
"I did not think about legal, political or calculations," he said.The scandal has led to the resignations of the country's health and foreign ministers, as well as two vice ministers involved in efforts to control the virus.
The early vaccinations of ministers have stirred anger in Peru, which only began its immunisation drive, starting with healthcare workers, in early February.
Peru has recorded more than 1.2 million cases of coronavirus, with 43,880 deaths related to Covid-19, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.