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2022-05-21
Hand washing station at Manuel Prado market
This is a local neighborhood market where you can buy fruit, meat, juices, food, toys, keys, and other items. With the pandemic, this water tank and handwashing station was installed to encourage better hand hygiene. -
2022-05-13
Mask trash motorcycle in Peru
While walking my daughter home from school I noticed this disposable mask next a motorcycle in Arequipa. It was about one block away from Av. Kennedy. -
2022-04-27
Evitar tocar pasamanos
A photo of a sign telling shoppers not to touch the handrail of the escalator and to maintain social distancing on the escalator. -
2022-04-27
Street tacos
At this taco stand across the street from the Porongoche mall, there are signs saying that masks and social distancing are required. When you're handed your change it is sprayed with disinfectant and the bag that holds your food is also sprayed. Arequipa, Peru. -
2022-04-26
Street food snacks
My daughter is attending 2nd grade in Arequipa, Peru for a few months. Today was her first day, and when we went to pick her up the school exit was surrounded by food vendors ready to sell a snack to the kids and parents. In the background of the photo, you can see two food vendors wearing masks, both offering deserts (the woman in the background has an ice cream cart). -
2022-04-26
Mask trash grifo Porongoche
Mask trash on the street near the grifo Porongoche in Arequipa, Peru. -
2022-04-25
COVID-19 precautions sign
This is a sign outside a store called Casa y Ideas in the Mall de Porongoche in Arequipa, Peru. It shows and explains a number of measures that people can take to keep themselves safe. -
2022-04-25
Sign outside mall in Peru
Outside the mall de Porongoche in Arequipa, Peru this signs lets people know that starting on April 1st, it is required to use 2 masks or an N-95 mask and present your ID and vaccine card (showing 3 doses) before entering the mall. -
2022-04-25
Empanadas and COVID-19
These are some photos showing the COVID-19 hygiene measures posted at an Empanada stand called Streat in Arequipa, Peru. -
2022-04-25
Double masks and signs
We are in Peru where it is winter. Most homes do not have central heat, so my partner bought an electric heater. Unfortunately, it did not work. I went with him to return it to Sodimac, and despite having one mask on- the man at the door checking IDs and vaccine cards told me to double mask. Inside, I took some photos of the signs regarding sanitized carts, checkout stations, and bathrooms. -
2022-04-20
Travel and masks in Lima
we just arrived to Peru This morning. Before we got on the plane we were told that we would have to show two masks because in lima we would need to double mask while walking around no one seems to be checking if you have one mask or two masks but everyone is wearing a mask. This is a photo of the free breakfast the airport hotel provided this morning after waking up. You’ll notice the sign that says Masks are obligatory. We’re staying at the Wyndham Costa Del sol hotel. -
2022-04-11
Live video of vaccination in Tataywasi
This video shows a live feed that was aired by the Ministry of Health in Peru encouraging older adults to get their fourth vaccine shot if 5 months have passed since their previous shot. The video explains that people should bring their vaccination card, and if they have lost it- the health professionals can look up the information in the MINSA system. -
2021-04-11
#FactCheck Vaccines in Peru
🔴 #FactCheck | El #Minsa alerta a la población ante la divulgación de información falsa. Instagram post targeting misinformation about the vaccines - including that all COVID-19 vaccines should be free. The commentators on this post are a bit more skeptical. -
2022-04-10
Day of the Child vaccine drive in Peru
En el Día de la Niña y el Niño, acude con tu pequeña y/o pequeño a los centros de vacunación por su vacuna contra la #COVID19. ¡Protege a tu familia de este virus! 💪🏼 #MeVacunoPerú 🇵🇪 A post by the Ministry of Health in Peru promoting the vaccination of children for the Day of the Child, it encourages people to go get vaccinated over the weekend. -
2022-04-10
Campaign to get your second dose in Peru
This is an Instagram post by the Ministry of Health in Peru informing people to wait 21 days and then go get the second COVID-19 vaccine dose in the vaccination center closest to their home. -
2022-04-07
Vaccine drive for children in Peru
This is a video posted on Instagram by the Ministry of Health in Peru promoting the vaccination of children in Peru. On Sunday there will be an event at a public park where children can come and get the vaccine. -
2022-03-30
Vaccination clinic in Callao
This Instagram posts shows that today, all day (8-5) people in Callao can head to the Centro de Salud Quendo to receive the COVID vaccine dose that they need. Children 5-11 can get their first or second dose and children 12-17 can get their 3rd dose 5 months after the second dose, and those over 18 can get their 3rd dose 3 months after the second one. The photo show s a bus that is carrying healthcare workers to the destination to help vaccinate the people there. -
2022-03-30
3rd dose is mandatory in Peru
This Instagram post from the ministry of Peru lets people know that they need to head to a vaccination center to receive their 3rd dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. A commenter asked what happens after April 1st? And someone responds that after April 1st it is obligatory for adults over 18 years old to have 3 COVID shots. -
2022-03-27
Ambulatory vaccination crews
The ministry of Peru is launching efforts to vaccinate people living in rural regions. This Instagram post shows a crew of three people carrying coolers of vaccines to rural areas in Peru. -
2021-07-22
Hospital staff charging $21,000 for an ICU Hospital Bed
Hospital beds and medical supplies face enormous pressure with the ongoing pandemic. This article indicates that hospital staff were charging over $21,000 for an ICU hospital bed, a scheme that was broken up by the Peruvian police. If one hospital has been caught, how rampant could this practice be? Also, how can the average Peruvian afford such astronomical prices? The fees and the fact that people paid them show the disparity in healthcare access between Peruvians of means and those without. -
2021-06-30
COVAX initiative helps vaccinate the elderly in Peru
COVAX is one of the organizations helping get vaccines to Peruvians. This story focuses on older adults in Lima, Peru receiving their vaccines and the prospect of reunification with family. The video shows several people waiting or receiving their COVID-19 vaccine shot, and encouraging other people to get vaccinated as well. The location is a school called Libertor Jose de San Martin. In Peru over 2 million people have contracted COVID-19 and 200,000 people have died. The pandemic is still in many ways an epidemic in this region of the world, and until we can control the disease globally, there's no hope for a true "return to normal." -
2021-07-08
COVID-19-related suicide
In Peru the pandemic is broiling, things are far from slowing down. Patients with COVID may go to the hospital only to find out that there are not enough ventilators or oxygen to go around. This story by the AP press describes a story of a COVID-related suicide. Although this topic is not widely covered in the U.S. media, it is a consistent storyline in Peru. [CN] I selected anonymous, but I didn't mean to, please curate as normal and add this to a curatorial note KKdP 07/19/2021 -
2021-07-19
Peru Vaccinates 4 million people with both doses
According to official reports, Peru has vaccinated at least 4 million people with 2 doses. In a country of 32 million people, the progress is slow, but moving forward. Peru is depending on several countries to supply its vaccines including China and the U.S. -
2021-06-18
Air and land travel suspended to Arequipa, Peru
My mother-in-law has been here since last February (2020). She came for a visit from Peru and got stuck by the pandemic. She's traveling home July 1st, but Arequipa, Peru just initiated another lockdown. There's no land or air travel into Arequipa starting June 21 and lasting at least 15 days. Essentially, she'll get to Lima, Peru, and have to wait until she can travel. We considered postponing her return, but the changes in airfare are prohibitively expensive. Also, I'm pretty sure she's more than ready to get home after such an extended stay. The reason for the lockdown is the high mortality rate in Arequipa. -
2021-06-01
Peru
As the US relaxes its COVID restrictions and business goes back to "normal" we quickly forgot that we were dealing with a global pandemic. Around the world countries are still suffering, people are still dying, COVID is not gone. CNN- "Peru has more than doubled its official death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic following a government review of the figures, leaving the country with the highest coronavirus-related death rate per capita in the world." -
2021-03-18
Peru waves quarantine restrictions
Peru, which continues to suffer from high COVID-19 transmission rates, has lifted quarantine restrictions for international travelers. The Peruvian economy has been undermined by a loss of tourism, its affected restaurants, hotels, guides, transportation, and other facets that depend on foreign capital. The only catch is that you have to have a negative COVID-19 test 72 hours prior to arrival. All of this hints at the importance of money and influence after all-it's mostly wealthier travelers who would have the money to travel for leisure and access to COVID testing. But...what about everyone else on the plane? -
2021-03-16
Peru's prime minister oversees vaccines in nursing home
Peru's prime minister Violeta Bermudez oversees vaccinations in a nursing home. Part of the rollout in Peru. -
2021-03-16
Consumo per cápita de cemento en el Perú retrocedió a niveles de hace diez años
The cement industry has always been stable, expensive, and increasing. In urban areas, space is precious and construction is costly. This article is very telling of how the pandemic has affected the construction industry and cost of materials -
2021-02-18
Vaccine-gate in Peru
Peru's president, wife, and other well-connected politicians were getting the COVID-19 vaccine back in October, provided by the Chinese company Sinopharm. The vaccines were distributed before the vaccine was publically available, and some high-level officials have resigned. -
2021-01-27
Vaccination does not depend on residency status
I've been afraid to ask this question. Can you get a vaccine if you're not a U.S. resident? My mother-in-law has been more or less stuck here since last February. She came from Peru to help watch our 2 year old and planned to stay 6 months, per her visa allowance. WIth COVID, we applied for an extension, and we haven't had an update on her application yet. I do want her to get vaccinated before she goes home, and this information on the Maricopa County website is reassuring that she'll be allowed to get one before she goes home. -
2021-01-21
Medics go on hunger strike in Peru amid Covid-19 second wave
Peruvian medics and health care workers are on a hunger strike to call attention to the need for further funding as the country struggles with its second wave of Covid-19. There is also a call to remove the country's Health Social Security, Fiorella Molinelli, over the mismanagement of Covid health and isolation centers, but Molinelli has yet to respond. -
2020-10-20
Responding to the COVID-19 crisis as a foreign exchange student: Ximena Barbagelatta
This is an oral history with Ximena Barbagelatta conducted by Victoria Villaseñor. Ximena Barbagelatta is a foreign exchange student from Lima, Peru studying at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, TX. -
2020-10-31
Tour Virtual por Halloween al cementerio Presbítero Maestro
Evento virtual para celebrar Halloween en Lima, Perú. Están ofreciendo un tour virtual del cementerio Presbítero Maestro. Por s./ 19 se pueden recibir un enlace para visitar el pabellón de suicidas, el pabellón de niños y no nacidos, tumbas de asesinos, zonas de brujería, tumbas de ex presidente y más. Los datos son lo siguiente: No vamos a permitir que por esta pandemia te pierdas la experiencia de Halloween en el cementerio mas misterioso y antiguo de Lima. Así que nuestro equipo de grabación irá al cementerio esa noche para traerte este recorrido virtual EN VIVO para que lo disfrutes desde donde estés, con la misma chispa y emoción como si estuvieras allí. -
2020-10-13
Trapped in Peru
A Japanese tourist, Jesse Katayama is Stuck in Peru during the pandemic. He has been allowed into the ruins of Machu Picchu after a seven month wait. Stuck in Peru since mid-March, he was only allowed to enter the Inca Citadel on special request. There are 33,305 deaths because of Covid-19, which is the highest per capita mortality rate. -
2020-10-12
Visa extension
My mother in law came to Arizona from Arequipa, Peru in Febuary. She arrived a few days before the news of Coronavirus seemed to be spreading in the United States. She has been an absolutely lifesaver. Without her, I don't think I could have managed, especially once school was effectively cancelled for my kindergartener in March. Having my mother in law around is like having another mother, another set of hands to help. She is pretty active and mobile, so she doesn't mind keeping up with the 2yo and she helps me take care of all those details around the house that I never have time for like cleaning, washing dishes, letting the dog out, letting the dog in, breaking up the fight between siblings, cooking, all of it. Now we split most of those chores, since my husband works outside the house. I couldn't do it without her, and I should say that we don't take it for granted. We pay her what we would have paid the daycare for the 2yo, which is actually a decent weekly income when translated back to Peruvian soles. This image shows that there are limited flights back to Peru and that Peru is still in a waves of curfew and lockdowns. We've applied for an extended visa, and I'm hoping she can stay through December. I know she misses home, but she's also glad to be useful and to be living somewhere that isn't enforcing curfews and periodic lockdowns. -
2020-10-07
Trump tiene COVID-19
Un dibujo de Andrés Edery mostrando la cara de Trump, y un Coronavirus intentando escaparse. El Coronavirus parece que quiere salirse, lo entiendo con un sentido de humor, como ni siquiera un virus horrible quiere permanecer en su cuerpo. -
2020-10-12
Diario de una pandemia, por Andrés Edery
More political cartoons in the familiar series, "Diary of a pandemic," by artist Andrés Edery. These are some of the most recent images drawn and added. I think my favorite is the image of the father trying to recreate the feeling of going to a stadium to watch a soccer match, there's definitely a theme of parenthood in several of the cartoons that are endearing and relatable. -
2020-08-06
COVID Risk and Ceviche
A meme from the Being Peruvian Instagram account, it shows the risk of getting sick with or without a mask, and jokes about not liking/eating ceviche. -
2020-09-06
Quarentena sedentaria
Meme from Being Peruvian Instagram. It makes light of how inactivity leads to weight gain during the pandemic. Peru has some of the strictest lockdown orders, and it's a society that is accostomed to walking and traveling across the city daily. Loosing daily activity has slowly, but surely affected everyone's health. -
2020-08-22
Facebook obituary
My husband's aunt died from COVID. She had complications with a previous lung condition, and went to the hospital, but ultimately didn't survive. His uncle held a virtual mass to commemorte her life, held by the Santa Ana church. His uncle is absolutely gutted, and tested postivie for COVID as well. Luckily, he survived, but it pains him to survive without his beloved by his side. Peru, loss, grief, mass, death, virtual, obituary -
2020-09-14
Populismo
Otro dibujo hecho por Andrés Edery, indicando que la gente de Peru ya están lista para un sistema populismo. Publicado en el periódico El Comercio. Edery publicó su dibujo en Twitter después de que se publicó en El Comercio. -
2020-08-16
“El consumo de alpaca y llama combate el coronavirus. Está comprobado científicamente que combate al COVID-19”.
News article from EL Comercio that fact checks the statemet from Arequipa's governor: “El consumo de alpaca y llama combate el coronavirus. Está comprobado científicamente que combate al COVID-19”. A number of different solutions have been proposed to combat COVID in Peru, but the idea of eating llama meat is one of the strangest. -
2020-08-12
Carne de llama no se protege
El gobernador regional de Arequipa, Elmer Cáceres, volvió a hacer de las suyas. Cuando días atrás se mostraba favorable al uso del hidróxico de cloro para combatir al Covid-19, ahora afirma que el consumo de carne de alpaca y llama es efectivo para hacerle la contra a la enfermedad. «El consumo de alpaca y llama combate el coronavirus. Ojo. La llama, ¡hay que consumir carne de llama!, está comprobado científicamente que combate al Covid-19 que está matando a nuestra gente. Yo invito al pueblo de Arequipa y del Perú a consumir carne de llama, que es brillisimo», manifestó en una actividad pública. Cáceres Llica dictó esta exhortación a diversos ciudadanos de su región. Por otro lado, también dijo sostener comunicación directa con Rusia para importar, lo más pronto posible, la vacuna en este país desarrollada, a la región Arequipa. Todo lo que indica el gobernador es de su propio criterio si bases científicas luego dijieron que lo que dice de la carne es completamente falso. Fuerte : Orcopampa al día -
2020-08-18
Limpieza integral
Cáceres Llica es el gobernador de Arequipa. Últimamente ha dicho o hecho cosas extrañas como escribió una carta a Putin pidiendo que le manda unas vacunas, y hablaba temas populistas como decir que comer carne de llama te puede proteger de COVID. El dibujo implica que escuchar a este político es ignorante como curar el COVID con lejía. -
2020-08-30
COVID forces 100,000 Venezuelans back home
Over the past five years, Venezuelan migration to Peru has really picked up. With an impoverished country, political corruption, and sometimes no food, Venezuelans have exited in mass. Now with COVID-19, people have found themselves in dire straits and wishing to reverse migrate. This tweet of a WSJ article captures the story of a father and mother who trekked for over 3 months from Peru to Venezuela with their infant son. -
2020-06-23
Fierce competition in the marketplace
A meme posted about the cutthroat labor system in Peru, it's true that there's a lot of competition in certain sectors. In some cases, vendors barely make a profit because everyone is trying to offer the lowest price just to make the sale. I often had this conversation with my mother in law who sold clothing on consignment, I understand that consignment is a normal practice, but if you have to take a bus/taxi to someone's house 3 or 4 times to collect installments, the minimal profits you were making are essentially erased. Now that Peru is allowing some vendors to start selling again, it's once again a volatile and competitive environment because so many people have been without work and the basic necessities. -
2020-04-21
Interbank donates 20,000 PPE kits to Ministerio interior del Peru.
Interbank of Peru donated 20,000 PPE kits to the Ministerio del Peru to help provide healthcare workers with the basic medical supplies they need. -
2020-04-08
Aprendo en casa
#AprendoEnCasa regresa el lunes 13 de abril, pero la educación no debe parar. No olvides que puedes encontrar material educativo como actividades escolares y lecturas en http://aprendoencasa.pe 👧🏻👦🏻 #YoMeQuedoEnCasa -
2020-04-11
Gobierno evalúa indulto a internos más vulnerables frente a epidemia del COVID-19
El Ejecutivo evalúa el tema del indulto para los internos más vulnerables que se encuentran en los 68 centros penitenciarios que existen en el país para hacer frente a una eventual propagación del COVID-19, informó el presidente del Consejo de Ministros, Vicente Zeballos. -
2020-04-11
Coronavirus en Perú: FAP utiliza drones para mayor control en la frontera con Ecuador
De acuerdo con el Comando Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas, se detectó 22 puntos de cruce ilegal, es por ello que se ha reforzado la seguridad y control de la frontera con el país vecino. Con el apoyo de drones que permitirán monitorear mejor las zonas con cámaras de alta resolución. Asimismo, se cuenta con la vigilancia de personal militar con su respectivo equipamiento, incluso los vehículos del Ejército son blindados con visión nocturna para enfatizar el resguardo durante la noche, cuando existe el mayor riesgo. Por otro, cabe indicar que la FAP sigue cooperando con el traslado de los implementos y equipos médicos para bioseguridad del personal de salud, Fuerzas Armadas y la Policía Nacional, además de distribuir las pruebas de descarte a las regiones del país.