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Ecuador's virus-hit Guayaquil opens 2 hospitals, begins burials of 1,000

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Guayaquil, Apr 7 (EFE).- In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ecuador’s Joint Task Force in Guayaquil is working on the burial process for nearly 1,000 bodies that remain in morgues and the strengthening of medical infrastructure with two new hospitals.The objective of the head of the Force, Jorge Wated, is to bury about 100 bodies a day, which on Tuesday were being held in the small morgues of hospitals and in seven refrigerated containers installed in the city in recent days. (Camera: MARCOS PIN).CONTAIN FOOTAGE COURTESY OF THE PRISIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE AND PHOTOS COURTESY OF GUAYAQUIL MUNICIPALITY OFFCE.SHOTLIST: PEOPLE WAITING OUTSIDE A HOSPITAL IN GUAYAQUIL; CASKETS OUTSIDE A CEMETERY IN GUAYAQUIL; AUTHORITIES RECOVERING BODIES; INSTALLATION OF A MOBILE HOSPITAL AND PHOTOS OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN OF THE NEW CEMETARIES.

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