Coronavirus: Police collect nearly 800 bodies from homes in Ecuador's virus epicenter
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: Police collect nearly 800 bodies from homes in Ecuador's virus epicenter

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Almost 800 bodies have been collected from homes in Guayaquil by police as coronavirus continues to take its toll on the Ecuadorian city’s emergency services, hospitals and funeral parlours. “The number we have collected with the task force from people’s homes exceeded 700 people,” revealed Jorge Wated, the president of the police and military unit created three weeks ago by the government to tackle help reduce the chaos. estimate that Covid-19-related deaths in these months will reach between 2,500 and 3,500, just in the province of Guayas.” Soldiers transport cardboard boxes used as coffins at the Paque de la Paz cemetery in Guayaquil With the escalating situation causing the mortuary system to collapse, the government has started to distribute coffins made of cardboard.

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3 years, 6 months ago

Colombia reaches 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 as cases surge

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Covid-19: Bodies pile up at India crematoriums overwhelmed by virus surge
3 years, 8 months ago

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Live Mint  

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Chile: Alarming rise in COVID cases despite vaccination efforts
3 years, 9 months ago

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Al Jazeera  

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4 years ago

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The Independent  

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Mexico reaches 1 million coronavirus cases, nears 100,000 deaths
4 years, 1 month ago

Mexico reaches 1 million coronavirus cases, nears 100,000 deaths

Hindustan Times  

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4 years, 2 months ago

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The Independent  

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Coronavirus: Brazil becomes second country to pass 100,000 deaths after US
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus: Brazil becomes second country to pass 100,000 deaths after US

The Independent  

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Peru probes whether 27,253 coronavirus deaths uncounted
4 years, 5 months ago

Peru probes whether 27,253 coronavirus deaths uncounted

Associated Press  

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Coronavirus surges in Quito after Ecuador eases lockdown
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus surges in Quito after Ecuador eases lockdown

Al Jazeera  

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‘No coffins or oxygen’: Bolivia struggling amid coronavirus surge
4 years, 5 months ago

‘No coffins or oxygen’: Bolivia struggling amid coronavirus surge

Al Jazeera  

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Virus slams Bolivia as hospitals say: ‘There is no space’
4 years, 5 months ago

Virus slams Bolivia as hospitals say: ‘There is no space’

Associated Press  

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Police in Bolivia’s major cities have recovered the bodies of hundreds of suspected victims of the coronavirus from homes, vehicles and, in some instances, the streets. Many people are going through the same thing and nobody helps us,” said Herminia Carpio, sobbing as she waited to collect her brother’s body at the door of the largest …

Bolivia: Police recover hundreds of bodies of suspected coronavirus victims
4 years, 5 months ago

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The Independent  

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Bolivia police recover 400 bodies of suspected COVID-19 patients
4 years, 5 months ago

Bolivia police recover 400 bodies of suspected COVID-19 patients

Al Jazeera  

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When bodies piled up: Inside Ecuador’s first coronavirus hotspot
4 years, 6 months ago

When bodies piled up: Inside Ecuador’s first coronavirus hotspot

Al Jazeera  

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Mexico: Coronavirus pandemic ‘hasn’t stopped the disappearances’
4 years, 6 months ago

Mexico: Coronavirus pandemic ‘hasn’t stopped the disappearances’

Al Jazeera  

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Volcanic eruption in Ecuador leaves cities covered in ash amid coronavirus crisis
4 years, 6 months ago

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India TV News  

Just when people in Ecuador are learning to live with coronavirus crisis, a volcanic eruption in its Amazon region has made things worse for the citizens of the South American nation. On June 7, Ecuador’s Sangay volcano was seen spewing hot lava, leaving several cities covered in ash amid the Covid-19 pandemic. “The ash comes out of the Sangay volcano …

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4 years, 7 months ago

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Al Jazeera  

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Bolivia strains under coronavirus pandemic as cases top 10,000
4 years, 7 months ago

Bolivia strains under coronavirus pandemic as cases top 10,000

Al Jazeera  

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Coronavirus pandemic exposes inequality in Ecuador’s Guayaquil
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus pandemic exposes inequality in Ecuador’s Guayaquil

Al Jazeera  

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Chile’s hospitals under strain as cases near 70,000: Live updates
4 years, 7 months ago

Chile’s hospitals under strain as cases near 70,000: Live updates

Al Jazeera  

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Guatemala angry over coronavirus-infected deportees: Live updates
4 years, 7 months ago

Guatemala angry over coronavirus-infected deportees: Live updates

Al Jazeera  

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‘This is war': Virus charges beyond Latin American hot spots
4 years, 7 months ago

‘This is war': Virus charges beyond Latin American hot spots

Associated Press  

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Nicaragua’s ‘express burials’ hide true COVID-19 scale: Doctors
4 years, 7 months ago

Nicaragua’s ‘express burials’ hide true COVID-19 scale: Doctors

Al Jazeera  

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Brazil coronavirus: Hospitals on brink of collapse as Bolsonaro does pushups with supporters
4 years, 7 months ago

Brazil coronavirus: Hospitals on brink of collapse as Bolsonaro does pushups with supporters

CNN  

Sao Paulo, Brazil CNN — The health care system in Brazil’s largest city is wavering on the brink of collapse and coronavirus deaths throughout the South American nation are soaring – but President Jair Bolsonaro nonetheless reveled in crowds of supporters on Sunday, joining yet another anti-lockdown protest in Brasilia. With Brazil still approaching its peak of cases, Sao Paulo’s …

US coronavirus deaths pass 80,000: Live updates
4 years, 7 months ago

US coronavirus deaths pass 80,000: Live updates

Al Jazeera  

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No more bodies on the streets. But coronavirus batters Ecuador with disproportionate force
4 years, 8 months ago

No more bodies on the streets. But coronavirus batters Ecuador with disproportionate force

LA Times  

Employees in protective suits wait next to coffins in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where the coronavirus collapsed fragile healthcare and mortuary systems. “This peaceful city received a bomb from the air, like Hiroshima,” Guayaquil Mayor Cynthia Viteri told a TV interviewer last week. “I fear that if this grows Brazil could see some cases like those horrific, monstrous images we saw in …

Brazil becoming coronavirus hot spot as testing falters
4 years, 8 months ago

Brazil becoming coronavirus hot spot as testing falters

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Cases of the new coronavirus are overwhelming hospitals, morgues and cemeteries across Brazil as Latin America’s largest nation veers closer to becoming one of the world’s pandemic hot spots. “We should do many more tests than we’re doing, but the laboratory here is working at full steam,” said Keny Colares, an infectious disease specialist at the …

Coronavirus hit ‘like a bomb’ in Ecuador’s capitol — and mortuaries are ‘overwhelmed’: report
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus hit ‘like a bomb’ in Ecuador’s capitol — and mortuaries are ‘overwhelmed’: report

Raw Story  

Ecuador's economic capital Guayaquil is reeling from the most aggressive outbreak of COVID-19 in Latin America after the pandemic hit the city "like a bomb," its mayor said. 'Unprepared' The 54-year-old mayor admitted the city was "unprepared" for the onslaught: "Nobody believed that what we saw in Wuhan, people falling dead in the streets, would ever happen here." "This is …

Scientists Confirm First Case of Coronavirus Transmission From a Dead Body, Reveals Study
4 years, 8 months ago

Scientists Confirm First Case of Coronavirus Transmission From a Dead Body, Reveals Study

News 18  

Bangkok: Thailand recorded first incident of the deadly coronavirus being transmitted from a dead body to a medical professional, a development that exposes crematorium workers to greater risks during the pandemic. “This is the first report on Covid-19 infection and death among medical personnel in a Forensic Medicine unit,” revealed the study. The authors of the study – Won Sriwijitalai …

Police collect nearly 800 bodies from Ecuador’s virus epicentre
4 years, 8 months ago

Police collect nearly 800 bodies from Ecuador’s virus epicentre

Al Jazeera  

Ecuador has recorded 7,500 cases of the coronavirus since the first diagnosis was confirmed on February 29. Ecuador has said police removed almost 800 bodies in recent weeks from homes in Guayaquil, the epicentre of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, after COVID-19 – the disease caused by the new virus – overwhelmed emergency services, hospitals and funeral parlours. “The number we …

AP PHOTOS: A week of images from the coronavirus pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

AP PHOTOS: A week of images from the coronavirus pandemic

Associated Press  

Cemetery workers wore protective clothing as they conducted a burial in Brazil, a field of freshly dug graves awaiting more corpses. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Kashmiri volunteer packs disposable protective suit to be distributed free among different hospitals in Srinagar Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, April 3, 2020. Share Share Copy Link …

Ecuador coronavirus: Bodies are being left in the streets in an overwhelmed city
4 years, 9 months ago

Ecuador coronavirus: Bodies are being left in the streets in an overwhelmed city

CNN  

CNN — The streets of Ecuador’s western city of Guayaquil are deserted, with few residents in sight – and a few dead, as bodies are being left in the streets of this overwhelmed place. Jorge Wated, head of a joint military task force created to deal with Ecuador’s coronavirus crisis, in a televised interview on Wednesday said that his task …

Corpses Lie For Days As Ecuador Struggles To Keep Up With COVID-19 Deaths
4 years, 9 months ago

Corpses Lie For Days As Ecuador Struggles To Keep Up With COVID-19 Deaths

NPR  

Corpses Lie For Days As Ecuador Struggles To Keep Up With COVID-19 Deaths Enlarge this image toggle caption Marcos Pin Mendez/Picture alliance via Getty Imagees Marcos Pin Mendez/Picture alliance via Getty Imagees Ecuador is one of the smallest countries in South America but it is dealing with one of the region's worst outbreaks of COVID-19, with more than 3,100 identified …

In Ecuador, families wait with their dead as bodies pile up
4 years, 9 months ago

In Ecuador, families wait with their dead as bodies pile up

Associated Press  

QUITO, Ecuador — Daniel Larrea died Monday after a week of high fever, struggling to breathe and steadily turning blue. “He’s here in the living room.” Hospitals are turning away patients and bodies are being left on streets and in homes for days in Guayaquil, a normally bustling city of 2.6 million that has become a hot spot in Latin …

Coronavirus: 350 bodies sent away from Bergamo after local crematorium overwhelmed
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: 350 bodies sent away from Bergamo after local crematorium overwhelmed

The Independent  

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Corpses of the elderly found abandoned in Spanish care homes
4 years, 9 months ago

Corpses of the elderly found abandoned in Spanish care homes

Al Jazeera  

Teams sent to disinfect nursing homes found elderly residents abandoned, and others dead in their beds. Madrid, Spain – Spain’s state prosecutor has launched an investigation after soldiers deployed to help fight the coronavirus outbreak found elderly patients abandoned or dead in retirement homes. Margarita Robles, the Spanish defence minister, on Tuesday said troops who had been sent to sanitise …

Coronavirus latest news: Live updates as death toll rises and bus carrying evacuees attacked
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus latest news: Live updates as death toll rises and bus carrying evacuees attacked

The Independent  

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Novel coronavirus inflicts growing toll on Chinese health workers
4 years, 10 months ago

Novel coronavirus inflicts growing toll on Chinese health workers

The Hindu  

The new coronavirus has taken a growing toll of Chinese health workers on the front line of the fight to stop it, a top official said on Friday, as authorities reported more than 5,000 new cases, including more than 120 deaths. China's National Health Commission said it had recorded 121 new deaths and 5,090 new coronavirus cases on the mainland …

Coronavirus: Aerial footage shows China rushing to build hospitals following deadly outbreak
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus: Aerial footage shows China rushing to build hospitals following deadly outbreak

The Independent  

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