AP PHOTOS: Latin America Photos of the Year
4 years ago

AP PHOTOS: Latin America Photos of the Year

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy In early 2020, the pandemic seemed far from Latin America But as soon as it arrived in the region, it had a devastating impact, exposing the weaknesses in already precarious public health systems. Often wearing equipment to protect against disease and violence, an Associated Press team of photographers in the region documented these events, as well as forest fires in Brazil and the risky migration by land of Central Americans that continued despite the pandemic and roadblocks imposed by governments. The pandemic has escalated in much of the region in recent weeks and many countries are re-imposing restrictions and partial quarantines to curb infections as hospital beds become scarce.

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Peru’s COVID crisis: ‘Almost all Peruvians know someone who died’
3 years, 7 months ago

Peru’s COVID crisis: ‘Almost all Peruvians know someone who died’

Al Jazeera  

Lima, Peru – While the world watches in horror as India’s coronavirus case count explodes, another intense outbreak is unfolding – albeit on a much smaller scale – in Peru, which sits atop the global per capita mortality rankings. “Almost all Peruvians know someone who has died from COVID,” said Cesar Carcamo, an epidemiologist at Cayetano Heredia University, Peru’s leading …

Over half of last week’s global COVID deaths in Americas: PAHO
3 years, 8 months ago

Over half of last week’s global COVID deaths in Americas: PAHO

Al Jazeera  

COVID cases are mounting across the Americas with more than 37,000 people dead in the past week. COVID-19 infections continue to surge throughout the Americas, the director of the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday, with more than 1.3 million new cases registered this past week and more than 37,000 thousand deaths. “More than half of all global deaths …

Chile: Alarming rise in COVID cases despite vaccination efforts
3 years, 9 months ago

Chile: Alarming rise in COVID cases despite vaccination efforts

Al Jazeera  

Chile has been battling the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, which has turned out to be far more aggressive than the first one, despite the Latin American nation vaccinating more than one-third of its population. Dr Sebastian Ugarte, who runs the intensive care unit in Santiago’s Indisa clinic, said that every bed is occupied at his facility, even though …

Ecuador health minister steps down over COVID vaccine roll-out
3 years, 9 months ago

Ecuador health minister steps down over COVID vaccine roll-out

Al Jazeera  

Juan Carlos Zevallos is latest government official in South America to resign over coronavirus vaccine scandals. Ecuador’s health minister has stepped down after criticism over the distribution plan of COVID-19 vaccines, the latest vaccination-related scandal to roil governments in South America. “Given the current political situation, and in order to allow the continuity of the National Vaccination Plan, I present …

A pandemic atlas: How COVID-19 took over the world in 2020
3 years, 11 months ago

A pandemic atlas: How COVID-19 took over the world in 2020

Live Mint  

Almost no place has been spared — and no one. It responded to the pandemic early on with an abrupt nationwide lockdown, but the number of cases spiked as restrictions eased and its creaky public health system struggled to keep up. In late February, ITALY became the epicenter of COVID-19 in Europe and a cautionary tale of what happens when …

A pandemic atlas: Peru’s death toll leaves a grieving nation
4 years ago

A pandemic atlas: Peru’s death toll leaves a grieving nation

Associated Press  

Each day at the height of the pandemic in Peru, Ronald Marín visited a crowded, dusty cemetery to offer final prayers for dozens of victims of COVID-19, their coffins wrapped in plastic like suitcases preparing for a flight. “Behind every death is a name.” The magnitude of loss in this South American nation that for months held the grim title …

‘No coffins or oxygen’: Bolivia struggling amid coronavirus surge
4 years, 5 months ago

‘No coffins or oxygen’: Bolivia struggling amid coronavirus surge

Al Jazeera  

Rapid spread of COVID-19 in the Latin American nation is putting a strain on hospitals and cemeteries. The rapid spread of the new coronavirus in Bolivia is overwhelming the country’s hospitals and cemeteries, as the number of confirmed cases has surpassed 65,000. Bolivia’s health ministry reported 1,117 new infections on Thursday and 79 additional virus-related deaths, taking the Latin American …

Virus slams Bolivia as hospitals say: ‘There is no space’
4 years, 5 months ago

Virus slams Bolivia as hospitals say: ‘There is no space’

Associated Press  

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Police in Bolivia’s major cities have recovered the bodies of hundreds of suspected victims of the coronavirus from homes, vehicles and, in some instances, the streets. Many people are going through the same thing and nobody helps us,” said Herminia Carpio, sobbing as she waited to collect her brother’s body at the door of the largest …

When bodies piled up: Inside Ecuador’s first coronavirus hotspot
4 years, 6 months ago

When bodies piled up: Inside Ecuador’s first coronavirus hotspot

Al Jazeera  

Guayaquil, one of South America’s first and hardest-hit cities, continues to feel the pandemic’s lasting effects. Bodies like Marin Gines’s father piled up as the COVID-19 pandemic raged in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, earlier this year. The situation in Guayaquil has since mostly stabilised, and its strict quarantine eased, but the city continues to feel the virus’s lasting effects. He …

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