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The experience of an Ecuadorian to leave Wuhan 2:53
(CNN Spanish) - The Emergency Operations Committee reported on Wednesday that the number of coronavirus cases in Ecuador went from 111 to 155.
The province of Guayas is the one that registers the most cases, that is to say 119 in total. For this reason, the authorities decided to extend the partial curfew schedule for the province of Guayas from Wednesday, from 4 in the afternoon to 5 in the morning.
The curfew for the rest of the country is maintained from 9 at night until 5 in the morning.
The Vice President of the Republic, Otto Sonnenholzner, insisted that the increase in cases in Guayas is worrying and that this "requires additional decisions to be made in this province." Sonnenholzner emphasized that if citizens "do not behave in the way the authorities tell them they are only going to aggravate the problem. Be responsible. "
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The Government Minister, María Paula Romo, pointed out that the authorities agreed to tighten the restrictions throughout the province of Guayas and that they will be valued based on the behavior of the people day by day. Romo said that "we have to lower the number of infections so that serious people are fewer and we can reach the number of infections."
Until this Wednesday at noon the number of cases confirmed by the Coronavirus Emergency Committee in the country is 155. Of which 139 remain stable in home quarantine, 9 stable in hospitals, 5 with reserved prognosis and 2 deaths. In addition to 235 suspected cases in an epidemiological fence.
On the other hand, the Government Ministry detailed some figures of the control operations carried out by the police in the last hours:
- 12 people arrested.
- 99 cars held for breaching last night's curfew.
- 916 price control operations.
- 30 suspended events.
- 9 closings.
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