Freezing temperatures threaten thousands in Peru

Plan is providing emergency supplies to thousands of children and pregnant women in Peru who are suffering from a cold snap that has already caused the deaths of more than 200 people from pneumonia.

Temperatures have plummeted as low as -24C° in some areas, far below the average for July.
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In Plan's Cusco programme unit the Regional Health Authority (DIRESA) has reported that up to 51,164 children in the area are severely at risk of being affected by the cold weather. A DIRESA health survey earlier this month revealed that there were 1,126 cases of children aged under 5 suffering from pneumonia in Cusco.