A St. Albert woman stuck in Peru since early March says she fears for her life. With widespread COVID-19 cases and mounting deaths in the country, she’s one of nearly 200 Canadians desperately pleading with the federal government to bring them home.
For nearly three months, Nehring has been away from her family and her life in St. Albert, Alta. She flew to Lima, Peru to visit her mother in March, and is now stuck there with borders shut down and flights cancelled due to the pandemic. “There’s over 135,000 infected here, the healthcare system has collapsed now.
We have a list of 195 fellow Canadians who are stuck here,” Nehring said. She says the situation is bad and fears for her life. “If I get sick here I’ll go to the People’s Hospital,