Peru Eyes Reopening Even as Virus Cases Surge on New Testing

(Bloomberg) -- Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra said some coronavirus restrictions can likely begin to be lifted next month even as cases rise due to a surge in testing over the past week.The greater number of cases, now second in Latin America behind Brazil, can be explained by a 15-fold increase in testing. Medical staff tested more than 15,000 people on Monday compared with about 1,000 a day a week earlier when authorities were limited to using more expensive, and scarcer, molecular tests,