Pandemic panic promoters have been quick to criticize neighboring Brazil for its leadership's more relaxed policies towards the virus, but they've been noticeably absent in discussing Peru. That's because Peru implemented arguably the earliest (for their region) and strictest lockdowns in the entire world, along with several attempted suppression measures with the hopes to contain the virus, and none of it worked.
For months on end, Peruvians were largely forbidden from leaving their homes. The country began its lockdown like many others, by cutting itself off from the rest of the world, closing its borders to outsiders, and shutting down the nation's economy and society. Similar to policies seen in U.S. lockdown states and Europe, only "essential" businesses were allowed to be open. Peru then took the shutdown a step further. The military has enforced a nationwide mandatory 10pm-4am curfew (some cities have lengthened the curfew to 8pm-5am), most "essential" stores are only open for a handful of hours a day (most grocery stores close at 3pm), and citizens face extreme penalties and legal consequences for failing to abide by the rigid restrictions.
Comment: While the US economy and its healthcare system are not as behind as in Peru, it's unlikely to recover anytime soon.