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Peru votes amid deadly COVID-19 surge
In spite of a fast-rising infection rate, candidates have held events with hundreds of people such as this rally for Veronika Mendoza in Lima in late March 2021. (Photo: AFP/Ernesto Benavides)
11 Apr 2021 09:36AM Share this content
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LIMA: About 25 million Peruvians are set to turn out on Sunday (Apr 11) to vote for a new president amid the country s deadliest week of the COVID-19 pandemic and a surge in new infections.
Voting is mandatory in the country of 33 million, which saw an average of 279 daily deaths over the past week and 384 fatalities in 24 hours reported Saturday - the third daily death toll record this week.