Peru Coronavirus

• Nearly 500 Peru gov’t officials secretly vaccinated against COVID-19, president says

  Interim President Francisco Sagasti said the officials' names are being turned over to prosecutors as the growing scandal over unequal access to vaccines rattles the government.

  World

  Feb 16, 2021
  
• Peru becomes 5th Latin American country to surpass 1 million coronavirus cases

  Peru has struggled to contain the virus in spite of closing its airports for almost six months and ordering most of its residents to stay at home.

  World

  Dec 23, 2020
  
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• Indigenous leaders call for help to stop oil drilling in the Amazon River

  Indigenous leaders are calling for help to stop oil companies drilling in the headwaters of the Amazon river in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, warning that encroaching on their homelands would destroy a bulwark against climate change.

  World

  May 23, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Vancouver students relieved to catch flight out of locked-down Peru

  A Chilliwack couple that missed previous flights out of the locked-down country were also on the final flight back to Vancouver.

  Health

  Mar 28, 2020
• Coronavirus: Quebec couple stuck in Peru after country goes on COVID-19 lockdown

  "Within a few days, things happened very rapidly and without warning from the Peruvian government."

  Mar 19, 2020