- Click to share on Facebook (Opens in a new window)
- Click to share on Twitter (Opens in a new window)
- Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in a new window)
- Click to email a friend (Opens in a new window)
Double pandemic in Ecuador: that of covid-19 and that of corruption 1:35
(CNN Spanish) - In order to reduce coronavirus infections in Quito, the president of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno, announced a series of actions on Monday.
In a televised message, the president indicated that greater controls will be carried out on circulation in four areas of the capital and on informal sales, while increasing the capacity for health care.
- Quito public hospitals attend to their maximum capacity
Moreno appealed to the responsibility of society to counteract the spread of the virus: "It is useless if we do not realize that the virus is everywhere: at any time and in any social circle," he said. In this regard, he noted that during the first fifteen days of June some 1,200 parties were reported throughout the country, which had to be suspended by the police.
In addition, Moreno asked the young people not to forget to use face masks, to respect physical distance and maintain hygiene. "When they fail to comply with some of these measures, they take the virus to their own relatives, to their parents, to their grandparents," she said.
- Public transport returns to Quito after several months stopped by the coronavirus pandemic
Last week, Vice President Otto Sonnenholzner reported that Quito's public hospitals were full and operating at full capacity. After Guayaquil, the Ecuadorian capital is the second city with the most confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country, according to the Ministry of Health.
This Monday, the head of the health portfolio Juan Carlos Zevallos said that although the contagion curve in Quito "decreases", he recognized that there was an increase in the demand for beds and in the number of deaths.
covid-19EcuadorQuito