Sources: AP via MSNBC
Nine people are killed and twelve others are injured when a bus plunges into a ravine near Tarma, Junín, Peru, after the driver swerves to avoid a collision. 2024-07-22
Twenty-four people are killed and 21 more injured after a bus plunges in to a ravine in the Andes mountains, Peru. 2023-09-18
Peru raises its pandemic Alert level in 24 provinces from "moderate" to "high", resulting in an extended curfew between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., as well as tightened capacity limits in shopping centers, banks and restaurants. This comes as the number of daily COVID-19 cases increased 25% from the previous week. 2022-01-6
Peru reports its first four cases of the Omicron variant in one person who travelled from South Africa and another three who had no travel history. 2021-12-19
Peru surpasses 200,000 deaths from COVID-19, which is the second Latin American country to do so after Brazil. 2021-10-22
Peru temporarily suspends Phase III trials of Sinopharm's vaccine after detecting neurological problems in one of its volunteers. Peru's trials for the vaccine were due to conclude this week, after testing around 12,000 people. 2020-12-12
A helicopter with foreign nationals on board goes missing in an Amazon region of southern Peru. 2012-06-7
More than half of Peru enters a state of emergency due to unusually cold weather. 2010-07-24
Joran van der Sloot, a suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba, is extradited from Chile to Peru to face charges in the killing of a Peruvian woman. 2010-06-4
Peruvian President Alan García orders funding for a tsunami-warning system. [http:--www.nzherald.co.nz-world-news-article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10631810 ("The New Zealand Herald")]date=August 2019 2010-03-13