Latin American nations ease restrictions as COVID cases drop

FILE - A worker digs a grave in the San Juan Bautista cemetery in Iquitos, Peru, Saturday, March 20, 2021, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. As coronavirus cases increase during 2022 in places like China, where authorities are implementing a new round of lockdowns, Latin American countries are eliminating restrictions on mass gatherings and stopping mask mandates that have lasted for two years. COVID-19. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)