QUITO (AFP) - Troops and police in Ecuador have collected at least 150 bodies from streets and homes in the port city of Guayaquil, the government said, warning that as many as 3,500 people could die of the coronavirus in the city and surrounding province in the coming months.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
QUITO - Troops and police in Ecuador have collected at least 150 bodies from streets and homes in the port city of Guayaquil, the government said, warning that as many as 3,500 people could die of the coronavirus in the city and surrounding province in the coming months.
Residents in Guayaquil, Ecuador's second city, had earlier published videos on social media of abandoned bodies in the streets. "We acknowledge any errors and apologise to those who had to wait days for their loved ones to be taken away," Wated said.Ecuador is the Latin American country worst hit by the virus after Brazil, with more than 3,160 infections and 120 deaths by Thursday morning.
The province of Guayas and its capital are the most affected by Covid 19, which leaves 2,758 infected and 98 died since February 29. pic.twitter.com/2s9vkvxTxu
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