LIMA, June 1 ― Peru yesterday almost tripled its official Covid-19 death toll to 180,764, following a government review, making it the country with the worst death rate per capita, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Peru has been among the hardest hit Latin America countries during the.
Latin America s pandemic tragedy as death toll nears one million
Reuters | May 11, 2021 08:55 PM EDT
Hellen Nanez, who lost 13 relatives to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and whose father Guillermo Alejandro Nanez (Photo : REUTERS/Alessandro Cinque)
Hellen Ñañez has suffered enough tragedy for a lifetime. The Peruvian 28-year-old mother has mourned the death of 13 close relatives since the pandemic struck last year: uncles, cousins, a grandfather. Now her dad is fighting for his life.
On a recent day in a dusty cemetery in the Pacific port town of Pisco, Ñañez visited the graves of relatives lost to COVID-19.
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A Peruvian family s COVID nightmare
Hellen Nanez, who lost 13 relatives to the coronavirus and whose father is being treated for COVID-19 in the Imore Reuters / 2021年 5月 12日 Wednesday Hellen Nanez, who lost 13 relatives to the coronavirus and whose father is being treated for COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit, visits the grave of her aunt, who died in June 2020 of COVID-19, in Pisco, Peru, May 9, 2021. Hellen Nanez has suffered enough tragedy for a lifetime. The Peruvian 28-year-old mother has mourned the death of 13 close relatives since the pandemic struck last year: uncles, cousins, a grandfather. Now her dad is fighting for his life. REUTERS/Alessandro Cinque