And winter hasn’t even yet begun.
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20 June 2018 – A couple of days from the official start of winter in Peru, 604 people have died of pneumonia due to the low temperatures, according to the Ministry of Health (Minsa).
Those who died included more than 400 older adults and 72 children under the age of five.
Lima has the highest number of deaths from influenza, followed by Piura, Puno, Cuzco, Madre de Dios and Tacna, said Gladys Ramírez, director of the National Center of Epidemiology of the Minsa,
In some areas, such as San Antonio de Putinas in the highlands of Puno, thermometers have dropped to 15 degrees Celsius below zero.
Thanks to Argiris Diamantis for this link
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