Oxygen shortage in Peru due to coronavirus pandemic

Relatives of people with COVID-19 are desperate for oxygen to keep their loved ones alive

Last updated: June 09, 2020 | 14:27

Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor

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Long neglected hospitals in Peru and other parts of Latin America are reporting shortages of Oxygen as they confront the COVID-19 pandemic

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Relatives of people with COVID-19 are desperate for oxygen to keep their loves ones alive in Peru, where patients have been dying for lack of oxygen.

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A man carries an empty oxygen cylinder to refill it for a relative, outside the area of respiratory diseases of the 2 de Mayo Hospital in Lima.

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A man carries an empty oxygen cylinder in Lima, Peru.

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People wearing masks to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus stands in line to refill their empty oxygen cylinders in Callao, Peru.

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Woman stand with empty oxygen cylinders to refill them for a relative as they wait for a vehicle.

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A man carries an oxygen cylinder to deliver it to a relative at the area of respiratory diseases of the 2 de Mayo Hospital in Lima.

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People queue to refill their empty oxygen cylinders in Callao, Peru.

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A worker wearing a mask to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus refills an empty oxygen cylinder in Callao, Per.

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A woman carrying an empty oxygen cylinder to refill it for a relative gets into a car.

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People wearing masks amid the spread of the new coronavirus wait for hours to refill their oxygen cylinders at a shop that sells oxygen in Callao, Peru.

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People wearing masks amid the spread of the new coronavirus wait for hours, some for 10 hours, to refill their oxygen cylinders at a shop that sells oxygen in Callao, Peru.

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A man moves an empty oxygen cylinder in Callao, Peru.

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A worker wearing a mask to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus looks at two oxygen bottles before refilling them in Callao, Peru.

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Carmen Figueroa (center) watches her family carry their refilled oxygen tank after waiting for 8 hours at a shop that sells oxygen in Callao, Peru.

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