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Peruvians fill streets as lockdown ends despite infections

by Associated Press
| July 1, 2020 2:27 PM

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Blocks-long lines formed at bus stops, food markets and shopping centers in Peru's capital Wednesday as people left their homes en masse to go to work or shop as a 106-day coronavirus lockdown ended in many parts of the country.

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