Ministry: 94 Children Die Of Pneumonia So Far This Year

At least 94 children under the age of five have died between January and April this year in Peru as a result of pneumonia, the Health Ministry said. The ministry said that there have been some 800,000 cases of respiratory infections in the Andean country during the four-month period, while there have been almost 9,300 cases [...]

Illegal and unrestrained algae extraction may lead to oxygen depletion of air in Peru’s southern coast

In spite of a recently extended ban on the extraction, processing and commercialization of sea algae in Peru, the beaches of Paracas, Ica and Marcona along the southern Pacific coast continue to be stripped bare of these marine plants, harming the eco system and removing a primary source oxygen. The story was broken in an [...]