Ecuador.- The municipality of Guayaquil, the city of Ecuador most affected by COVID-19, announced this Saturday the delivery of more than a thousand coffins of corrugated cardboard, so that the people who died from this disease can be buried with dignity.” We thank the Cartoneros Association for its contribution with the first 200 out of 2,000 pressed cardboard mortuary boxes,” the Municipality said on its Twitter account.
He noted that the coffins “will be of great help in providing a dignified burial to those who die during this health emergency.” In a statement, the City Council noted that this is a solidarity contribution to the families who lost a loved one during the COVID-19 pandemic. The coffins will be distributed in the city’s two main cemeteries, Jardines de la Esperanza and Parques de la Paz and, if necessary, “they will also be handed over to Criminalistics of the National Police,” he says in the letter.
We thank the Cartoneros Association for its contribution with the first 200 of 2,000 mortuary boxes of pressed cardboard. They will be of great help in providing a dignified burial to those who are deceased during this health emergency. pic.twitter.com/0N0fBtRyRJ — Mayor Guayaquil (@alcaldiagye)
April 4, 2020
The National Police is responsible for collecting the bodies of people who die at their homes. In addition to the aforementioned coffins, the Terminal Terrestrial Foundation managed the delivery of another 150 coffins, which they also donated today to the Municipality.Until now, as reported by the Mayor of Guayaquil, the coffins are stored in the bus terminal until they can be distributed during the week. In the last few days, relatives of the deceased have pointed out that it has become an ordeal to obtain wooden coffins in the funeral homes of the city, which accumulates 1,648 of the 3,465 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Ecuador.In the province of Guayas, whose capital is Guayaquil, there have been 122 of the 172 coronavirus deaths recorded in Ecuador, according to data from the Ministry of Public Health.
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