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Central and South America Travel Restrictions: A Country-by-Country Guide Megan Spurrell © Getty As a region, the Americas have been especially hard hit by COVID-19, from the U.S. and Mexico down to Brazil. But in North America, things have been quicker to return to a sense of normalcy; stateside, vaccine rollout has been swift compared with much of the world, and American travelers are starting to plan trips abroad. Meanwhile, South American countries including Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia are continuing to grapple with the threat of the virus, with hot spots persisting....

Peru has tripled its total coronavirus death toll to more than 180,000 after a government review revealed that officials had undercounted COVID-19 fatalities.According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, Peru now has the highest coronavirus death rate per capita, with more than 500 fatalities per 100,000 people.Hungary previously had the worst death rate per capita at roughly 300 per 100,000 people.While Brazil currently has the...

A Country-by-Country Guide to Central and South American Travel Restrictions Megan Spurrell © Getty As a region, the Americas have been especially hard hit by COVID-19, with South America home to some of the worst outbreaks in the world. Four of the top 15 worst outbreaks have taken place on the continent—in Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, and Peru—leading to drastic lockdowns and border closures. In Central America, the outbreaks were less severe, though economies shut down in much the same way—some, by choice, others, like Nicaragua, simply because international carrier...