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In Ecuador, families wait with their dead as bodies pile up

In Ecuador, families wait with their dead as bodies pile up By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and GONZALO SOLANOApril 2, 2020 GMT QUITO, Ecuador (AP) Daniel Larrea died Monday after a week of high fever, struggling to breathe and steadily turning blue. Then a new nightmare began for his family. No one in their city on Ecuador’s Pacific coast would pick up his body. “We wrapped him up in black plastic,” Larrea’s wife, Karina, said Wednesday. “He’s here in the living room.” Hospitals are turning away patients and bodies are being left on streets and in homes for days in Guayaquil, a normally bustling city of 2.6 million that has become a hot spot in Latin America as the coronavirus pandemic spreads.

Covid-19 caused an estimated loss of 20 5 million life years worldwide: Study

Over 20 mn years of life lost worldwide due to covid: study Frontline workers get shots of Covid-19 vaccine 1 min read Share Via Read Full Story NEW DELHI : New Delhi:An estimated 20,507,518 life years have so far been lost due to covid-19 across 81 countries, including India, with an average of 16 years for every person, according to a report published in the Scientific Reports (Nature Research) journal. The years of life lost (YLL) is the difference between a person’s age at the time of death and his or her life expectancy. The scientists conducted an analysis based on estimated excess deaths. As on 6 January, the study said the YLL because of the pandemic has been 2-9 times greater than the mean YLL associated with seasonal flu and 25-50% higher than the YLL attributable to heart disease.

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