RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The situation in Peru caused by coronavirus is critical. Despite being the first country in Latin America to decree a total quarantine on March 15th, Peru records over 104,000 infections and 3,000 deaths. On Wednesday, it ranked 12th in the world in the number of confirmed cases, above China and below India.
And the true extent of the disaster is greater. With more than half of cases unaccounted for, according to estimates by several experts, authorities are calling the coronavirus the most devastating pandemic to strike the region since Europeans brought diseases like smallpox . . .
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