“Mr president, it’s bad and inhuman,” she screams.
On Monday, Mamani was transferred from the tent to a hospital bed, but he died the next day.
The couple ran a store in Arequipa, in the country’s south.
“What will I do with my children, how will I tell them their father isn’t here any more?” Capira, who’s children are aged one, six and 14, asked reporters.
On Tuesday, Vizcarra apologized to the widow, saying he hadn’t seen her.
“It’s unfortunate that madam Celia’s husband has died. I give her my condolences and sincere apologies for not having heard her, and we are at her service and everyone’s that has lost a loved one,” said Vizcarra.
But soaring coronavirus cases in Arequipa show no sign of abating.
With more than 370,000 cases and over 17,000 deaths, Peru is one of the worst affected countries in Latin America by the coronavirus.
“Please can this moment serve as a lesson to everyone,” implored Capira on Wednesday as she buried her husband in the La Apacheta cemetery in Arequipa.