THREAD: For months Peru held the grim title of first worldwide in per capita COVID-19 deaths. It didn't have to be that way. #PandemicAtlashttp://apne.ws/69rnWSH
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Decades of under investment in public health in Peru, poor decisions at the onset of the pandemic, coupled with severe inequality and shortages of life-saving medical supplies combined to create one of the world’s deadliest outbreaks.
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The virus provoked not just a health crisis but an economic one in Peru too. The International Monetary Fund projects Peru’s gross domestic product will decline by almost 14% this year, one of the worst economic contractions anywhere.
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The coronavirus emerged a year ago in Wuhan, China, and swept across the world. It brought joblessness and lockdowns, infirmity and death to all corners of the globe. But each nation has its own story of how it coped. Read
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