Peru is one of the worst-hit countries in the COVID-19 pandemic, with one of the highest mortality rates.

Hospitals say they don't have enough beds or medical equipment.

A group of Peruvian engineers at a university stepped in to help developing the country's first domestically built ventilator.

CGTN's Dan Collyns reports from Lima.

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