After Covid-19 hit Peru, she walked hundreds of miles home http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/BB15B5oF?ocid=st

 

But when Covid-19 hit Peru, the nation shuddered to a halt. More than 70 percent of people work in the informal economy, and as the country’s government began enforcing a strict lockdown, Tambo watched job opportunities vanish.

After nearly two months of quarantine, they had no money left to pay for their rented room or for food. Tambo decided to return to their village in the Ucayali region, 350 miles away.