Peru is running out of oxygen for COVID-19 patients

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Peru is running out of oxygen for COVID-19 patients

A man moves an empty oxygen cylinder in Callao, Peru, Wednesday 3, 2020. Long neglected hospitals in Peru and other parts of Latin America are reporting shortages of Oxygen as they confront the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Peru is running out of oxygen for COVID-19 patients

A worker wearing a mask to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus refills an empty oxygen cylinder in Callao, Peru, Wednesday 3, 2020. Long neglected hospitals in Peru and other parts of Latin America are reporting shortages of Oxygen as they confront the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Peru is running out of oxygen for COVID-19 patients

A woman wearing a mask to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus stands in line to refill her empty oxygen cylinder in Callao, Peru, Wednesday 3, 2020. Long neglected hospitals in Peru and other parts of Latin America are reporting shortages of Oxygen as they confront the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Television. Sewing machine. Motorcycle.

These are the things Edda Marchan’s children sold to keep their mother breathing.

In the far stretch of northern Peru where the family lives, medicinal oxygen to treat the coronavirus has become a scarce commodity.

Eventually, they could not find any.

“It’s the greatest desperation in the world,” said her daughter, 39-year-old Fiorella Sorroza. “We are praying to God not to abandon us.”

In the South American nation wracked by COVID-19, one of the world’s most abundant elements is now in short supply. Exasperated relatives are racing to fill overpriced tanks. Long neglected hospitals are running empty. And President Martín Vizcarra has issued an emergency decree ordering industrial plants to ramp up production or purchase ox

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