Coronavirus

Latin America Covid-19 News Roundup: Jun. 22, 2020

?? Mexico. Covid-19 deaths in Mexico top 20,000, exceeding the government’s initial forecasts. (BBC, in Spanish)
Mexico City. Photo: Andre QO/Shutterstock

?? Mexico. Covid-19 deaths in Mexico top 20,000, exceeding the government’s initial forecasts. (BBC, in Spanish)

?? Argentina.  With 19 new deaths from coronavirus registered on Sunday, Argentina has now crossed the mark of 1,000 deaths. (BA Times)

?? Uruguay. President Lacalle Pou’s mea culpa after 37 new Covid-19 cases in Treinta y Tres (center-east region): “We relaxed.” (Infobae, in Spanish)

?? Peru. Facing supply shortages, Peruvian Covid-19 patients have to buy their own oxygen canisters on the black market, paying much higher prices. (Época, in Portuguese)

?? Haiti. Inactive airports will be reopened, after the Haitian government declared the peak has already passed. (Prensa Latina, in Spanish)

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