For Anna, a 33-year-old American woman stranded in a Peruvian hotel room and out of life-saving medication to treat her auto-immune disease, the clock is ticking.
After Peru ordered its borders closed March 15 in an effort to hinder the spread of the new coronavirus, she and her husband tried to charter a plane to leave Cusco.
They even planned to take with them other Americans trapped in the city nestled high in the Andes near the ancient ruins of Machu Picchu.
But the Peruvian government refused to give the plane permission to land, according to the couple, the U.S. government and airline officials.