2020.08.24 12:06 GMT+8

13 die in Peru disco stampede

Updated 2020.08.24 12:06 GMT+8

Thirteen people died in a stampede at a disco in Peru after a police raid to enforce the country's lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Sunday. Nightclubs have been prohibited from operating since March because of the pandemic. Peru started lifting quarantine restrictions on June 30 in an effort to get the economy moving again, and the daily reported number of virus infections has doubled to more than 9,000 in recent weeks. The South American country has reported about 27,500 deaths from the new coronavirus.

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