▲ A coffin next to a hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador


Ecuadorian Guayaquil hit by Corona 19 is going through a 'funeral upheaval'.

With the collapse of the medical and funeral systems, not only Corona19, but also bodies that have died from other causes have not been recovered on time, making it even difficult for a dignified death.

On the 2nd (local time), local Elkomersio and AFP / EFE correspondence reported that the military and police had recovered 150 bodies in the city streets and homes over the past three days.

Authorities have apologized for the failure of the funeral system and the body's inability to rectify it for several days.

Guayaquil, the capital city of Guayasu Province, is the second largest city in Ecuador with a population of 2.7 million.

Ecuador is the third-largest corona19 in Latin America after Brazil and Chile, and to date, about half of the 3,163 diagnoses have been from Guayaquil.

The total number of Corona19 deaths in Ecuador is 120.

No one knows how many more people have been unconfirmed.

Ecuadorian government officials believe there will be dozens more deaths left unstated.

The spread of corona19, which is difficult to handle, has paralyzed not only Guayaquil's healthcare, but also the funeral system.

In Guayaquil, a social media message followed a message appealing for the body of a family left in the house for several days.
Reuters also reported a photo of a body covered with blue cloth on the street.

Not all corona19 victims were killed.

In Guayaquil, an average of 40 people die daily, EFE News reported.

According to El Comercio, as of 2018, nearly half of those who died in Ecuador died at home.

It is estimated that the number of people who suffered from other illnesses died without using their hands on time due to paralysis of medical treatment with Corona19.

The body that died at home had to be rectified by the authorities or a funeral company, but the work was disrupted after the spread of Corona19.

The bodies to be dealt with are also increasing, with 15 hours of the day being banned from 2 pm to 5 am the next day, and some funeral companies were reluctant to hunt for bodies that might have been Corona19 dead.

The dead body of the hospital was also unable to be moved on time.

Eventually, the bodies that could not be remedied continued to build up, and those who lost their loved ones could not even have a proper funeral.

"The body of her husband, wrapped in a black plastic bag, is still in the living room," said Carina Larea, who died of her fever and shortness of breath on the 30th of last month.

Along with the sadness of losing her husband, she also feared that the whole family would be infected with Corona19.

When the situation got worse, the Ecuadorian authorities mobilized soldiers and police to collect bodies and bury them, but many were still left behind.

Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno said he would build a cemetery in the region to collectively bury Corona19 deaths, and then withdrew the plan when it became inhuman.

A spokesman for the city government of Guayaquil said it could hold 2,000 bodies in a cemetery run by the government and said, "We are working hard to be buried one by one."

(Photo = Reuters, Yonhap News)