CAHUIDE, Peru - Aedes, a grayish four-propeller drone, whirred off the dirt soccer field in this Amazon village to help do what doctors cannot as climate change threatens this nation with a new era of disease. Named after the mosquito that transmits dengue fever, it quickly rose above the excited gaggle of flip-flopped kids gathered to see it off and past their homes' corroded metal roofs. Soon, it was nearly 400 feet high, scanning roads cutting into the jungle for new signs of disease-spreadin
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LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian prosecutors are probing the use of so-called “courtesy doses” of China’s Sinopharm vaccine after two top government officials resigned over the weekend upon acknowledging they had taken the Chinese shot months ago, well before they were widely available in the country.
FILE PHOTO: Health workers wait for a dose of the Sinopharm s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Lima, Peru, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda/File Photo/File Photo
The growing scandal in Peru erupted Thursday after ousted former President Martin Vizcarra said he too had received an early vaccination. Several other top officials have since stepped down.