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Ecuador struggles to bury coronavirus dead; some bodies lost
Christine Armario, Associated Press Updated 12:29 am CDT, Thursday, April 9, 2020
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Alfonso Cedeño died at a crowded hospital in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil, where the only bed doctors could offer was an ambulance stretcher. Two weeks later, his family doesn’t know where his body is.
“My uncle is nowhere to be found,” Alfonso Mariscal said Tuesday.
Relatives who have lost loved ones to the coronavirus in this sweltering metropolis of 2.6 million say burying their family members is as agonizing as trying to get them care here in one of Latin America's most infected cities.
Hundreds died at home, left in family living rooms for days before overworked coroners could retrieve their bodies. Those who perished in hospitals were put in chilled shipping containers that serve as makeshift morgues.
More:
https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Ecuador-struggles-to-bury-coronavirus-dead-some-15187153.php
