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Peru has the world's highest COVID-19 death rate - and people are paying 1,000% markups on black-market oxygen tanks

Jacqueline Baylon,Robin Lindsay   

Peru has the world's highest COVID-19 death rate - and people are paying 1,000% markups on black-market oxygen tanks
International1 min read
  • Peru is the country with the world's highest COVID-19 death rate per capita.
  • Hospitals are running out of oxygen as the country rides out a punishing second wave.
  • Families turning to the black market for oxygen are paying as much as $400 for one tank filling.

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