Reuters: Ecuador stores coronavirus victims in giant fridges as morgues fill up
GUAYAQUIL (Reuters) - Ecuador’s government has begun storing the bodies of victims of the coronavirus in giant refrigerated containers as hundreds of deaths in the city of Guayaquil, the center of the country’s outbreak, have already filled morgues and hospitals.
Ecuador has confirmed 318 deaths from the virus, one of the highest tallies in Latin America. But President Lenin Moreno said this week that the real figure was higher as authorities were collecting more than 100 bodies a day, many from relatives’ homes as a strict quarantine prevented them from being buried.
The government has installed three containers, the largest about 12 meters (40 ft) long, at public hospitals to preserve bodies until graves were prepared, according to Guayaquil’s mayor, Cynthia Viteri. So far 150 victims have been buried in a private cemetery in the port city.
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WNU Editor: According to John Hopkins, there are currently 3,600 Covid-19 cases, and 180 deaths.
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Bodies lie in the streets of Guayaquil, Ecuador, emerging epicenter of the coronavirus in Latin America -- Washington Post
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