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As Ecuador begins its second month of the coronavirus lockdown there is uncertainty among health officials whether the country is approaching the peak number of cases. While Health Minister Juan Carlos Zevallos expects “a flattening of the curve” of new cases this week or next, others say more data is needed. “I don’t dispute that...
Miércoles, 15/4/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – U. of Cuenca – The university is planning projects and bringing services during this pandemic. It has signed an agreement with the Ministerio de Inclusión y Económica y Social (MIES) for 17 health professionals to provide remote medical services. The Engineering and Chemistry...
By Bill Ward Conventional wisdom holds that the older we get, the harder it is to learn a new language. Which is true — except when it’s not. Turns out that while our brains might not be as quick or deft as in those halcyon days of youth, all that hard-earned experience, knowledge and discipline...
As Ecuador completes its first month of the Covid-19 lockdown, the government is beginning discussions about how to reopen the country once the number of new cases begins to decline. “It will be gradual and it will be by geographic location,” Vice President Otto Sonnenholzner said Tuesday morning in an interview on a Cuenca radio...
Martes, 14/4/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – New words – The WHO named the disease COVID-19, an acronym for “coronavirus disease,” on 11/2. COVID, because it is an “enfermedad,” is feminine – so la COVID. From English comes the word “test,” used in the plural in Spanish – “los test.”...
By Karla Freeman Chicken little: Is the sky falling? Chicken Little stood outside her house and said, “The sky is falling. Oh, my God, the sky is falling.“ Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, gloves, and masks fell on her from the sky. She looked up saw dark clouds above and more coming in the distance. Chicken...
The coronavirus pandemic is likely to trigger the worst recession since the Great Depression — dwarfing the fallout from the financial crisis a dozen years ago, the International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday. It predicts the global economy will shrink 3% this year, before rebounding in 2021. The expected contraction in the U.S. will be almost...
Minister of Health Juan Carlos Zevallos said Monday that the Covid-19 virus is playing out in two different scenarios in Ecuador. “What we see in Guayaquil is very different than what we see in the rest of the country,” he said. “The good news is that we are approaching a peak in both instances and...
Lunes, 13/4/2020 Hola, Todos – Sorry for going AWOL on you. My computer broke. Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Eduardo Vega – The documents of ceramic artist Eduardo Vega are being organized. There are some 5,000 articles including books, drawings, letters, photos and more, much of which will be available digitally. Some of...
The government reports that police and army personnel have removed almost 800 bodies in two weeks from homes in Guayaquil, the epicentre of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, as the disease overwhelmed emergency services, hospitals and funeral parlors. Due to a lack of coffins and fear of infection, most of the city’s funeral homes have closed...
President Lenin Moreno’s plan to tax worker’s income to help small businesses and the poor has run into opposition from labor and business groups as well as some members of the National Assembly. Announced Friday night as part of the fight against the Covid-19 virus, the National Humanitarian Assistance Account would be funded by all...
By John P. Ioannidis The current coronavirus disease, Covid-19, has been called a once-in-a-century pandemic. But it may also be a once-in-a-century evidence fiasco. At a time when everyone needs better information, from disease modelers and governments to people quarantined or just social distancing, we lack reliable evidence on how many people have been infected...
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