LA CNN ASEGURA QUE HAY 3,500 MUERTOS SÓLO EN LA CIUDAD DE GUAYAQUIL EN ECUADOR, A PESAR DE QUE EL GOBIERNO ADMITA ALGO MÁS DE 100 EN TODO EL PAÍS
AL MENOS 300 CÁDAVERES HAN SIDO RECOGIDOS YA POR LAS AUTORIDADES DENTRO DE LAS CASAS
EL SISTEMA DE SALUD DE GUAYAQUIL "ESTÁ COMPLETAMENTE COLAPSADO"
The scenario is confirmed by CNN, which makes reference to the city as the epicenter of the pandemic in the country. The station talks about bodies abandoned on the streets and inside houses, waiting to be collected, noting that the causes of death are not clear. Family members ask for help and antiestéticar contagion when contacting the corpses. In turn, the authorities say they do what they can to collect all the bodies. According to the police, more than 300 corpses have already been collected from homes in the city.
CCTV images also show coffins waiting to be collected from hospitals, as well as a body in a wheelchair, next to the emergency room of a regional hospital. According to The Guardian, local authorities were pressured to deny plans to open mass graves to bury the bodies. In the meantime, cargo containers are being used to temporarily store some corpses. CNN speaks of 3,500 deaths in the city of Guayaquil alone, where the health system will have already completely collapsed.
Official government figures account for 3,163 cases and 120 deaths. Jorge Wated, the government official responsible for managing this public health crisis, estimates that between 2,500 and 3,500 people will die in that province. Ecuador has 16.62 million inhabitants.