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That's been in Niena, but I don't want to tell you how well I'm intending to the memory is my quart.

COVID's new Latin America epicenter, infections are surging, one family's harrowing escape from the virus in Lima, Peru,

and the former Mexican health secretary Julio Frank on the impact across the continent.

Plus, where are jobs being lost in what particular businesses for what income groups?

Breaking down the virus-induced economic disaster, Harvard Professor Raj Chetty talks to our Harry Strenovassen.

And later, a sports league's paying more than lip service to the anti-racism movement.

ESPN journalist Elsie Granderson joins me. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Wancour, working from home in London. New coronavirus cases are being reported in

Beijing and across the United States, but it is Latin America where infections continue to grow the fastest.

Brazil reported a record of nearly 35,000 new cases in just 24 hours,

even as the government insists the outbreak is under control.

And Peru has also turned into a hotspot despite initial success, taking early measures

to control the virus.

Structural poverty is a huge reason for people having to choose between whether to go out to work or stay home and perish.

And there's an exodus from the capital Lima of those unable to pay their rent or feed themselves.

Like Maria Tambo, a desperate mother who took her children on a harrowing-mile journey to escape.

Here is journalist Guillermo Galdos.

This bus terminal is overwhelmed with people desperate to get out of Lima.

About 70% of Peruvians work in the informal economy and live hand-to-mouth.

When President Martin Viskara imposed a strict lockdown for coronavirus,

it sparked an economic crisis.

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