Peru seemed to do everything right. So how did it become a Covid-19 hotspot?

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/25/americas/peru-covid-hotspot-why-intl/index.html

The deep inequality in Peru is one reason, according to Dr. Elmer Huerta, a Peruvian doctor and contributor to CNN en Español. "What I have learned is that this virus lays bare the socio-economic conditions of a place," he said.

Many of Peru's poor have no choice but to venture outside their homes for work, food or even banking transactions.

"You're supposed to avoid human contact in a society where one can't stay at home," Huerta said.

People have also ended up crowding at banks as they attempted to access coronavirus relief funds.

The government's stimulus package to help millions of Peru's most vulnerable families was a good idea, but its distribution was poorly designed, said Kristian Lopez Vargas, a Peruvian economist and assistant professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz.