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Emergency personnel have been sent to a distant area in the Amazon region to fight an occurrence of rabies that is being spread by vampire bats.

500 people have been bit by the bats and 4 children have died.

The vampire bat typically feeds on blood from animals in the wild or livestock. They don’t normally attack humans. They suck blood from the animals while they sleep.

The rabies vaccine has been given to the people who would accept it. There are some that denied it.

It is possible that the reason for the sudden spurt in the vampire bats attacking humans could be due to the harvesting of trees in the Amazon.

The children in the area of Urakusa which is located in the north-eastern Peruvian Amazon are the ones who perished due to the disease. When the children died, and the community did not understand why, they asked for help.

That is when the health ministry sent out 3 medical groups to take care of and vaccinate the people who had received bites.

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24 People perished in a bus accident on Tuesday when the bus they were riding in dove into a ravine. All 24 people  who died in the accident have been identified by the officials in the north western part of Peru.

Two people survived the impact of the accident, but passed away while being transported to the hospital in Trujillo. Of the dead, 4 are children according to Kyra Orcheff, a provincial official.

Another 27 passengers survived the crash and were being transported to area hospitals.

The driver of the bus, Andres Zavalete survived the accident and was sent for treatment to the Clinica Peruano-Americana in Trujillo.

The driver lost control of the bus and it nose dived over 250 feet down.

Even though the limit for the amount of passengers to be on the bus was only 33, they were traveling with over 50 on board.

The area where the wreck occurred is the same area as an accident on May 30th where 23 people died. It happened in Gran Chimu Province a distant area.

Both of the buses involved are owned by the Kurrungo company.

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On Wednesday, a ferry on the Amazon River flipped over. According to riders that survived the accident, the ferry was horribly over crowed.

The amount of people the ship is suppose to carry is 160. At the time of the article being written, there were 171 people that had been rescued. Another 12 already found to have perished in the accident.

It is unknown how many people were actually on board the boat. The official record of who was to be on the boat at that time were 146 passengers and 6 crew.

It is possible there could be more people alive in a bubble of air entrapped in side the flipped boat.  There is hope for more survivors.

The boat had made many stops along the way at settlements where more people, freight and animals were put on the boat.

The  boat commenced it’s voyage on Tuesday evening. As it continued to stop and get more freight on board, it is believed that the boat was over weight and not stable. Therefore causing it to flip over.

Some survivors feel they only survived because they kept close to the railings as to not be trapped inside where there were people so squished in you couldn’t hardly move.

The coast guard got an alarm on Wednesday morning at 2:40am. The alarm was for a boat sinking because it was over loaded.

Rescue attempts continued Thursday morning in Peru searching in hope of more survivors.

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A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been  murder   citizens  for their fat, police charged Thursday, draining it from their corpses and offering it on the black market for  exert  in cosmetics. Medical  masters   conveyed  skepticism that a  main  market for fat might exist.

At least 60 citizens are registered as absent in Huanuco province, where the gang reportedly staffed, this year alone, though the province is also home to drug-trafficking leftist rebels. A police officer exhibits pair bottles containing human fat whereas another sets seized sticks of dynamite during a press convention in Lima, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Peruvian police said they have breached upward a belt of assassins whoever murdered citizens in command to elicit and sell their body fat, which was marketed to intermediaries, whoever police accused marketed it to cosmetic and drug corporations in Europe.

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The indigenous people have started a series of road blockades in an attempt to protest against foreign companies from exploiting their land for natural resources. The protest took place as early as two months ago, in April, after the government announced that an area of land would be granted for exploration of oil, mining, and etc.

The protest has been peaceful for the past months, but turned nasty after indigenous leader blamed police of opening fire on protestants recently. The protest eventually escalated into clashes, where both sides resolved to violence. As many as 22 protestants and nine policemen were killed.

Peruvian president commented that all Peruvians have a share to the country’s natural resources, and not only just those who happened to be residing in the area concerned. The military has already been authorised to support local police force if situation continues to escalate.

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At least 20 people perished in a flaming wreck when a passenger bus collided into the rear of a loaded  fuel truck in central Peru, said the the state-run press agency on Tuesday.

Approximately another 10 passengers got out through the bus windows, said an additional source, the Peru21 Web site.

“It happened very fast,” the state-run Andina press agency quoted an unknown victim as saying. “I was sleeping and felt the strong impact and saw that a fire was starting. I found a window and jumped out.”

The accident occurred approximately 11:20 p.m. Monday on the Panamericana Sur highway in the Cañete province close to Lima, Peru’s capital. Both vehicles were traveling southbound from Lima to Pisco, the press agency said.

The bus is owned by the Costeño transportation company, Andina said.

The truck driver pulled through the accident but was seriously burnt, Peru21 said.

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Heavy rains in the region of Peru have been paving way for landslides in many places.

In the southern region of Puno heavy rains have resulted in a land slide which took over 20 lives and 20 more missing.
Non – stop heavy rains have lead way to floods which have submerged more than half of peru.

Adding to it these land slides are making the situation look even more badly.
Heavy amounts of water from these rains get stagnated in places, results in the soil losing its strength. Paving way to land slides.

Peru has seen many land slides in its history prior to this. But the timing of the land slide caught everyone by surprise as it was least expected in that village and that point.

Families who have lost their loved ones in the landslide are mourning for their loss and missing member’s families are worried about safety of their loved ones.
The heavy rains and floods are delaying the rescue mission, which is under way in helping as many members as possible out of it.

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6.2 Magnitude quake hits Southern Peru and kills 1 man. 93 year old man was killed and several others got injured in this very strong earthquake. Quake occurred 9:13 GMT and was centered near Chuquibamba. 93 year old man died after a wall of hes house collapsed on him.

Source: International Herald Tribute

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