VILLA EL SALVADOR – In the middle of what was once a sandy desert, on the outskirts of Peru’s capital, a new routine has emerged for many of the residents of the densely populated city of Villa El Salvador.With the lives of friends or relatives at stake because of the new coronavirus, people are spending their days searching for a place to buy oxygen, preferably without having to spend their life savings.Oxygen is crucial to save the lives of those critically ill with COVID-19.
And in this city of more than 508,000 people, it has become a scarce commodity just as a second wave of coronavirus infections hits the South American country.“It’s so sad to see that all people go through this,” Noa Torres, 34, said Thursday outside a facility that.