‘They killed him’: widow confronts Peru's president over Covid-19 deaths

Martin Vizcarra announced emergency decree putting health ministry in charge of system after Celia Capira chased his truck

As the presidential motorcade pulled away from the main hospital in Peru's second city - fleeing an angry protest by medical staff and relatives of Covid-19 patients - one woman broke away from the crowd.

Celia Capira ran sobbing after the truck carrying the president, Martin Vizcarra, yelling for him to go and see for himself the grim conditions at the hospital, where her husband was fighting for his life.