Weekly update on 11.04.

The incidence numbers continue to be low. The current rate is 9.5 infections per 100,000 population. There hasn't been much change in the measures over the past two weeks.

Peru's schools started again on March 28. For the first time since the start of the Corona pandemic, Peru has face-to-face classes - but also alternate classes, depending on class size. Of course, with mask and distance, vaccination is recommended - even for first graders. Since the end of March, it has now become a little quieter for us on campus, as many children can now return to "their" school and do not come to us in the school project.

Peruvian President, Pedro Castillo, has survived his second impeachment trial. A successful impeachment would have required 87 votes. However, 55 deputies voted only in favor, 54 against, with 19 abstentions.

Since the end of March, there have been repeated truck blockades on Peru's roads. Tires are being burned or slashed. Prices for food and gasoline have risen sharply. Inflation in Peru reached its highest level of nearly 7% in a quarter century in March. In early April, the president imposed a curfew in Lima to prevent protests and strikes. This measure backfired, however, as many took to the streets. Some looted stores and government buildings.

The left-leaning Castillo is under massive pressure over rising fuel prices, and there have been protests across the country for days.

The government has taken emergency measures, such as waiving taxes on gasoline or increasing the minimum wage by 10% (converted to about 254€). But for many, that's not nearly enough.

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