Peru's reported coronavirus cases rapidly increased this week and topped 20,000 on Thursday, doubling in nine days, as President Martin Vizcarra extended a national quarantine in the world's No. 2 copper producer.
Peruvians who were stranded in Lima wait along the Pan-American highway to catch buses out of the city amid the spread of the coronavirus disease , in Lima, Peru April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda
The crisis has left millions without jobs and Peru’s hospitals are straining to deal with a rapid rise in the number of COVID-19 infections, with bodies being kept in hallways, masks being repeatedly reused, and protests breaking out amongst medical workers concerned over their safety. Even Peru’s coca farmers, who grow the bushy plant used to make cocaine, have seen prices fall 70% and plan to ask the government to buy up excess inventory, according to a Reuters report.
Peru has the second-highest number of cases in South America after Brazil, despite a tough lockdown aimed at halting the spread of the coronavirus.
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