Despite dodging the impeachment attempt, President Martin Vizcarra is still dealing with one of the world's worst coronavirus outbreaks and a sagging economy as his reputation dims.

The move risks plunging the country further into crisis as it battles one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks globally amid its deepest recession in decades.

The public prosecutor's office said on Sunday that 11 of the 13 dead tested positive for COVID-19.

There are, however, small signs the worst may be over for the current outbreak in Brazil, with the Health Ministry saying that the spread of coronavirus could be about to slow.

The region has reported an average of more than 86,000 daily infections of the new coronavirus in the last seven days.

PetroTal Corp. says it has closed the Bretana Oil Field due to the civil unrest outside the camp and has evacuated all non-essential personnel.

A St. Albert woman stuck in Peru since early March says she fears for her life due to COVID-19 conditions in that country. She is pleading with the federal government for help.

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.

Kimberlee Kasatkin was last seen alive in November 2016, entering her apartment in Lima, Peru.

In Peru, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only men will be able to leave their homes to stock up. Women can go out on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Nobody will be allowed to leave home on Sunday.