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"'Like the horror of war': mayor of virus-ravaged Ecuador city calls for drastic response "

Equador was hit very hard by the pandemic -- horrific video filmed on the streets showing abandoned bodies, dumped on the streets or outside the overwhelmed cemiteries gave a graphic idea of how bad it was.

"The mayor of the Latin American city hardest hit by the coronavirus has urged regional governments to take drastic steps to slow its spread and avoid the devastation she said had left Guayaquil looking like a war zone.

Cynthia Viteri told the Guardian she believed thousands had probably lost their lives in the Ecuadorian port city in recent weeks and compared Covid-19’s deadly impact there to “an unexpected bomb falling on a peaceful town”.

theguardian.com/world/2020/apr

And I just found a BBC World News Spanish report about the situation in Guayaquil.

"Coronavirus en Ecuador: el drama de Guayaquil con más muertos por covid-19 que países enteros"

youtu.be/8fj-C_xCda8

Lots of others, some short, crude, sad street videos showing abandoned bodies. bing.com/videos/search?q=guaya

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