Peru adapts hotels, plazas for quarantine

A dozen hotels received Peruvian nationals and others after returning to Peru during the state of emergency called by the government of President Martin Vizcarra, in an effort to control the coronavirus spread.

According to the Peruvian Hotel Society, the hosting is a joint program by the hotels and the government that seeks to help incoming arrivals under go a 14-day quarantine upon entering Peru.

Peru's hotel union has said that the government is paying only minimal costs for rooms and food, with a base cost for every person independently to the hotel they are hosted in.

Lima's Mayor, Jorge Munoz, attended to the construction of a temporary shelter in the Lima's Acho's Bullfighting Ring on Friday, where at least 130 homeless people will be tended to during the lockdown.

Lima's Panamerican Games donated furniture and bedding for the shelter.

The Peruvian government said on Friday that the country has 635 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 11 deaths.

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

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