Lenín Moreno orders transparency of the information of victims of coronavirus "however painful it may be"

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Authorities in Ecuador agree to be overwhelmed by covid-19 4:38

(CNN Spanish) - Given the accelerated number of infections and deaths in Ecuador during the coronavirus emergency, President Lenín Moreno reported on the national network this Thursday that he has ordered that all possible mechanisms be used to make information regarding the crisis transparent. "Painful as this is."

Moreno insisted that it is important to "tell the truth" and acknowledged that "both in number of infections and deaths the records fall short." He added that these are hard and uncertain days for Ecuador.

Regarding publications on social networks of false information, President Moreno described them as "human misery" and assures that they are being used for political purposes. "What misery and what rubbish use human misery to do politics!" Emphasized Moreno.

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He indicated that he is taking advantage of the pain, "from the messages of Ecuadorians who have lost a family member and who were unable to give them a decent burial." In his message to the nation, he did not specify where these attacks came from.

Moreno ended his intervention by calling for the unity of the country and not to minimize the severity of the crisis. He warned that the virus "has proven to be lethal" and that the average case fatality rate is 4.9% and in Ecuador it stands at 3.4%. "We cannot avoid this reality, but we can say how to face it," he added.

According to Jorge Wated, in charge of the Joint Task Committee for the Removal of Corpses, medical experts have informed the government that "only due to coronaviruses" it is estimated that in the coming months there will be between 2,500 and 3,500 deaths in the province of Guayas in the Ecuador's coast and the province's capital, Guayaquil, has 70% of cases across the country, according to the Emergency Operations Committee.

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