COVID tests bought from China arrive in Peru

A charter plane with more than 300,000 COVID-19 rapid tests and or medical supplies from China arrived at Callao on Monday.

rapid tests along with sanitiser, masks and protective equipment purchased by Peruvian National Health Institute will be distributed around country.

Peruvian government has alrey distributed 330,000 or rapid tests.

Meanwhile, outside air base, families stranded in Callao waited for government to help m get back to Piura.

lockdown has kept m from working, many fear homelessness and hunger, and are looking to return to ir home towns.

Peruvian authorities have offered to transfer those who want to go back, but under strict sanitary protocols as y try to limit spre of new coronavirus to or regions in country.

Housing Ministry Rodolfo Yañez inspected a temporary coronavirus isolation facility in Piura, where those who arrive from or regions will have to comply with a mandatory quarantine.

Yañez also delivered more than 100,000 pieces of personal protective equipment purchased by Piura regional government for doctors, nurses and or medical staff treating coronavirus cases.

Peru has 16,325 COVID-19 cases and 445 deaths.

Cases of recovery have lifted spirits among Peruvians, such as recovery of 97 years old María Morales who left hospital after eight days in intensive care unit in Trujillo.

She is oldest person in country to have recovered from COVID-19.

For most people, new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough, that clear up in two to three weeks.

For some, especially older ults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and could le to death.