The faces of the coronavirus in Peru

1Daniel Torre Bazán, 44, poses for a photo on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. "Fighting, this is how we live, now selling these mosquito nets here in the market. Six months I was locked up in my house. Three co-workers, vendors, they died from covid-19, "he said.

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2Angela, 22, left, kisses her girlfriend while posing for a photo on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. "Now I am here in this market looking for work, before the pandemic I had a car wash workshop. We have been girlfriends for four months, and our families still do not accept it, in Peru we are highly discriminated against for being lesbians. ”Rodrigo Abd AP

3María Isabel Medina Flores, 51, in December 2020. "The pandemic has been a trophic event for us. I was preparing food and I lost my job. We are just recovering little by little," he says.

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4Eva Fernández, 57, poses for a photo on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. “When I go home I cover myself a lot with these clothes for fear of contagion of covid, there is a lot of risk and I suffer from asthma, I am a risk person. "Rodrigo Abd AP

5The Venezuelan migrant David Gómez, 31, on Friday, October 23, 2020. "The pandemic is something stronger for migrants, you have to have a heart of stone to resist. Almighty God allowed to survive, and I hope this This situation helps us to unite as human beings. I am a seamstress and now I don't have a job like that, that's why I sell cigars and chocolates here in this market ", explains Gómez. Rodrigo Abd AP

6Julia Dariva Cerro, 34, on Friday, October 23, 2020. "With the pandemic I lost my job, but thanks to that I became stronger, a more determined woman. That is why I was able to open a hairdresser. I learned from the tragedy I always say that you have to live without fear of the future, "says Dariva.

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7Reporter Gyofred Wilder Robinzon, 33, and Isaías, six, pose for a photo on Friday, October 23, 2020. "There are eight endless months in Peru, things changed a lot with the pandemic and it seems that sometimes we live in a different country. In my work as a reporter I see many needs and suffering of the people ".

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8Olinda Cerrón Sotomayor, 71, on Friday, October 23, 2020. "My son was infected and recovered. I was out of work for four months, and I took care of myself all this time with natural medicines," she explains.

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9Érika Viera, 23, in December 2020. "It is not easy to work on the street for Venezuelan migrants like me. Due to the pandemic I lost my job, I had to move because I did not have money to pay the rent for my house" , bill.

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10Nelson Partidas, 44, and Santiago Contreras, 24, from Venezuela.

"Many companies closed, I have four co-workers and acquaintances who died and not only here, but also in Venezuela," says Partidas. Rodrigo Abd AP