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Ecuador stores coronavirus victims in giant fridges as morgues fill up
Vicente Gaibor del Pino, Yury Garcia

GUAYAQUIL (Reuters) - Ecuador’s government has begun storing the bodies of victims of the coronavirus in giant refrigerated containers as hundreds of deaths in the city of Guayaquil, the center of the country’s outbreak, have already filled morgues and hospitals.

Ecuador has confirmed 318 deaths from the virus, one of the highest tallies in Latin America. But President Lenin Moreno said this week that the real figure was higher as authorities were collecting more than 100 bodies a day, many from relatives’ homes as a strict quarantine prevented them from being buried.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-ecuador/ecuador-stores-coronavirus-victims-in-giant-fridges-as-morgues-fill-up-idUKKBN21M0W3