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By Akash Goel, Michel Nischan, Bill Frist and Tom Colicchio This global pandemic has given a new meaning to the idea of American exceptionalism. The United States is faring far worse than other countries and shoulders a disproportionate share of global disease burden — with 4% of the global population, yet, at the time of...
Ecuador said on Monday that it has won investor support to move ahead with a $17.4 billion renegotiation of its foreign debt, a victory for the South American nation that has suffered from the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices. President Lenin Moreno’s government in July offered investors the chance to swap 10 existing notes...
Argentina broke past 200,000 COVID-19 cases on Sunday and Colombia set a daily record as grim milestones topple in Latin America, pushing the world’s worst affected region towards a combined five million cases. The region, which topped 200,000 deaths on Saturday, has struggled to stall the spread of the novel coronavirus, with infections picking up...
“We are struggling and we see no light at the end of the tunnel,” is how Cuenca tour guide Alex Muñoz described the state of Ecuador’s tourism industry Friday when he met with Ministry of Tourism director Rosi Prado de Holguín. “Many of us who work in the sector have gone out of business since...
A judge of the Electoral Dispute Tribunal has blocked a decision by the National Electoral Council (CNE) that would have kept supporters of former president Rafael Correa from running candidates in the February 2021 national election. Judge Fernando Muñoz ruled Sunday that keeping four parties, including Correa’s Fuerza Compromiso Social, off the ballot amounted to...
By Miriam Drake Those of you who read my book, “Expat Medical Emergency Preparation Manual” are aware of our need as expats living in Cuenca and in other parts of Ecuador to form and develop what I call Care Communities or Contact Groups. These groups are essential for survival. Ecuadorian medical facilities operate around the...
By Sanjay Gupta and Andrea Kane We’re now more than seven months into the coronavirus pandemic that has upended the lives of most of Earth’s inhabitants. And while it is true that the scientific community has learned many things about the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the disease it causes, Covid-19, there are also many gaps in...
Statistics from the national Civil Registry show that 25,519 more deaths were recorded between March and July of 2020 than during the same period of 2019. The Ministry of Health concedes that most of the excess deaths are probably the result of the Covid-19 virus. Officially, the ministry says 5,702 have died of the virus...
Authorities want to make an example out of a Cuenca man who was caught violating the nightly curfew for the third time. Victor Manuel G. was arrested outside his historic district home Thursday night and Azuay Governor Xavier Martínez said he will ask prosecutors to seek the maximum penalty of one to three years in...
Ecuador is one of a very few countries in the world which currently allows travelers from the U.S. to enter the country, and even here, there is a mandatory 14-day quarantine. However, if you are over 65 and can show a recent clean Covid test, you are permitted to quarantine at home. You have to...
By Tamar Lapin British scientists have determined that there are six different “types” of Covid-19 distinguished by specific clusters of symptoms — which could help in the treatment of the deadly contagion. The study, conducted by King’s College London, analyzed data from about 1,600 UK and U.S. coronavirus patients who regularly logged their symptoms into...
Ecuador Health Minister Juan Carlo Zevallos insisted Thursday that the country’s health system is not “collapsing” under the strain of the Covid-19 pandemic but said residents may have to live with the disease for “many more months and probably longer.” Zevallos also said that “inaccurate and sensationalist” news reports distort the reality of the outbreak....
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