We answer your questions and give recommendations for when it will be safe to travel to Peru during COVID-19 era. Watch our video inside.
coronavirus in Peru
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A team of Peruvian biologists successfully created a rapid, molecular COVID-19 test, which is also low-cost and portable.
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The regional governor of Cusco announced Machu Picchu will not open in July due to safety concerns. No new date for visitors has been set.
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Living in Peru
Roldan Pinedo and the Artisans of Cantagallo in the Face of Coronavirus
by Agnes RiveraShipibo-Conibo artisans of Cantagallo—Lima’s first urban native community—are at high-risk and with limited means to make an income. Here’s how to help.
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A devoted collective of photographers continue to document this abnormal and slightly eerie reality of quarantine in Peru.
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The cultural traditions upheld by this mother-daughter duo led them to make Andean-inspired face masks, but not without roadblocks. Here’s the story of Peruvian entrepreneurship that went viral.
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Exodus of thousands of families, abandoned Amazonian communities and unprotected Andean farmers. Vulnerable populations of Peru seek help.
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Having lived in Peru since November 2019, a freelance journalist from the U.S. shares his experience of being quarantined in Cusco.
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Miss eating out at your favorite go-to spot? Us too. Here’s how we can support local restaurants in Lima while their doors are closed.
