The authorities of Guayaquil, the largest city of Ecuador, can not cope with the number of deaths from coronavirus, writes “Medusa”.
In a city with a population of 2.5 million people has the highest number of infection cases in the country and the highest number of deaths.
Medical facilities and morgues overflowing, coroners do not have time to witness the death, which occurred at home. In early April, during the week the city was taken from the body 520 of the dead.
Wooden coffins in Guayaquil is over, the authorities had to distribute to villagers 2 and thousands of cardboard coffins.
According to forecasts of the head of the operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus Jorge Waited in the near future from the coronavirus in the city will die 4.5 thousand people.
According to official statistics, in Ecuador 7529 infected with coronavirus and 355 dead.
As reported by “the Rambler”, a new virus appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan (Hubei province) in December 2019. In March 2020, the coronavirus has spread worldwide, the world health organization (who) declared the outbreak a pandemic. According to the latest data, the number of people infected worldwide is more than 1.9 million people.