Ecuador's vice president Otto Sonnenholzner apologizes after dead bodies were left on the streets of Guayaquil city. Full story:
DEATH. A woman cries after learning about the death of a relative at Los Ceibos Hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 4, 2020 during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Enrique Ortiz/AFP
QUITO, Ecuador – Ecuador's vice president Otto Sonnenholzner has apologized after scores of bodies were left on the streets of Guayaquil as theResidents had published videos on social media showing abandoned bodies in the streets in the Latin American city worst hit by the pandemic. Authorities collected at least 150 corpses from streets and homes earlier this week, but did not confirm how many of the dead were victims of the outbreak.
"We have seen images that should never have happened and as your public servant, I apologize," said Sonnenholzer, who is heading the country's virus response, in a statement broadcast by local media on Saturday.The government has imposed a state of emergency and introduced a nightly curfew in an effort to contain the spread of the disease.
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