ECUADOR
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
S.Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s vice health minister has urged vigilance to maintain hard-won gains against the new coronavirus.
Kim Gang-lip expressed concerns over loosened attitudes toward social distancing that he says puts the country at potential risk of an infection “explosion” similar to Europe and the United States.
His warning on Monday came after the country reported 47 new cases of the coronavirus, the smallest daily jump since Feb. 20. Infections have continued to wane in the worst-hit city of Daegu, where 6,781 of the country’s 10,284 cases have been reported.
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/04/06/business/ap-virus-outbreak-the-latest.html?searchResultPosition=5