{"id":2234,"date":"2020-04-04T18:05:18","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T11:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illume-emag.com\/?p=2234"},"modified":"2020-04-04T18:05:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T11:05:18","slug":"coronavirus-bodies-left-streets-days-ecuador-struggles-collect-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/coronavirus-bodies-left-streets-days-ecuador-struggles-collect-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Bodies left on streets for days as Ecuador struggles to collect dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Families are having to keep their dead loved ones\u2019 bodies inside their homes or on the street as Ecuador\u2019s largest city struggles to contain the virus. WARNING: GRAPHIC.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Ecuador\u2019s largest city of Guayaquil, the bodies of coronavirus victims are being left on the streets or kept inside family homes for days.<\/p>\n

Officially, about 120 deaths have been reported across the country, with more than 80 in Guayaquil. But President Lenin Moreno says the numbers are \u201cshort\u201d as authorities have been unable to keep up with the virus\u2019 spread.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reality always exceeds the number of tests and the speed with which we can act,\u201d he said in televised comments.<\/p>\n

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Men carry a wrapped coffin at a cemetery in Guayaquil. Picture: Enrique Ortiz\/AFPSource:AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A unit of police officers and soldiers have been tasked with burying coronavirus victims, but they\u2019re now collecting as many as 150 bodies a day from homes in Guayaquil, up from 30 several days ago, Mr Moreno said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, residents have complained they have no way to dispose of relatives\u2019 remains due to strict quarantine and curfew measures designed to prevent spread of the virus.<\/p>\n

Several locals have taken to social media to appeal for help, posting videos of dead relatives lying in their residences.<\/p>\n

Others families have left bodies in the street for authorities to collect \u2013 some said to be lying there for three days.<\/p>\n

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A body lies in the street, covered by a sheet in Guayaquil. Picture: Marcos Pin\/AFPSource:AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A coffin with a coronavirus victim inside lays wrapped in plastic and covered with cardboard, outside a block of family apartments. Picture: AP\/Filiberto FaustosSource:AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Locals worry the bodies could risk spreading the disease further, while others have complained of the smell.<\/p>\n

One woman, Rosa Romero, said her 43-year-old husband, Bolivar Reyes, died after suffering symptoms consistent with COVID-19 but was never tested.<\/p>\n

His remains stayed inside her home in a poor area of northern Guayaquil for more than a day because crews tasked with removing bodies were unable to keep up, she said.<\/p>\n

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People look at a body said to be laying for three days outside a clinic in Guayaquil. Picture: Marcos Pin\/AFPSource:AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The government is now building a \u201cspecial camp\u201d for coronavirus victims in Guayaquil, with the death toll expected to continue climbing.<\/p>\n

Mr Moreno said the total number of deaths in Guayaquil\u2019s surrounding province of Guayas, home to 3.8 million Ecuadoreans, was expected to reach between 2,500 and 3,500.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re building a special camp for the fallen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

More than one million cases of coronavirus have now been confirmed across 181 countries and more than 58,000 people have died.<\/p>\n

Source: News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Families are having to keep their dead loved ones\u2019 bodies inside their homes or on the street as Ecuador\u2019s largest city struggles to contain the virus. WARNING: GRAPHIC. In Ecuador\u2019s largest city of Guayaquil, the bodies of coronavirus victims are being left on the streets or kept inside family homes for days. Officially, about 120 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[761],"tags":[1087,1123],"class_list":{"0":"post-2234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-buzz","8":"tag-coronavirus","9":"tag-covid-19"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}