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peru-coronavirus — Chilean Health workers check the temperature of Peruvians queue for a safe-conduct outside their consulate in the Chilean city of Arica, on the border with Peru, on March 23, 2020 while the borders remains closed due to the coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic. Chile closed its land, air and sea borders on March 18. (Photo by PATRICIO BANDA/AFP via Getty Images)

A Canadian Man Has Died Of Coronavirus In This Latin America Country

March 24, 2020

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By Marco Aquino

LIMA, Peru, Weds. March 25, 2020, (Reuters) – A 38-year-old Canadian man has died in Peru after contracting Covid-19 from a colleague in his home country, the country’s Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.

The ministry said the man died after being admitted to a Lima hospital on Monday for respiratory failure. He was found to be suffering from atypical pneumonia, it added.

The ministry also reported the death of a 66-year-old woman from coronavirus, who had returned from Spain on March 14 and died of acute respiratory failure and pneumonia.