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rburhum·

8 days?

Hello from Peru! Where I have been in lockdown for 58 days straight and counting...

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The person you replied to is talking about NOT being on lockdown for the past 8 days.

The eight days is in reference to Florida easing some lockdown restrictions. Most of the US has been under some sort of lockdown since mid to late March.

With the military outside making sure you stay in or else you get arrested? Not sure my concept of lockdown is the same as yours.

100% not that. It's more of a suggestion to stay at home. Restaurants and bars are closed to dine-in. Movie theaters and other fun things are closed.

We 100% do not have military threatening arrest for going out. At this point, many (rural) police districts and politicians are even saying they won't enforce the stay-home orders anymore.

So. Yeah. Not quite the same.

How are things in Peru, COVID-19 wise?? That's my wife's home country and she's not heard a lot about how well (or not) things are going.

Growth is slowing down. ICUs are still not completely full but getting there. Certain areas in the Andes do not have any cases which is great, but the infection rates in certain cities (like Iquitos) are high, mainly because of markets.

Summary: under control, but still not great.

Why did things get so bad in Ecuador? Is the border still tightly guarded?

Ecuador: Health system collapsing (reaching the max point of ICUs) causes the mortality rate to spike.

Perú: there are 992 for the entire country (195 are still free).

I'm in my 9th week here.

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