COVID in Latin America: Peru struggles with lambda variant +++ Cuba ships out vaccine | DW News

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Health authorities across Latin America are battling a rise in coronavirus infections. The region already has the highest COVID-19 death rate in the world. Brazil has suffered the most fatalities in the region, with more than half a million deaths. Followed by Mexico, where over 230-thousand people have died. And Peru has reported nearly 200,000 deaths. DW's Johan Ramirez reports from Lima - where the new lambda variant is pushing the public health care system to breaking point.
Cuba is expected to give the regulatory green light in the coming days to one of its vaccines against COVID-19. Cuba hopes that could help speed up vaccinations across Latin America.

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