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Although many residents may not have noticed due to coronavirus shelter-in-place rules, volcanic ash and gas from the Sangay volcano turned the sky over Cuenca hazy Wednesday morning. On several occasions on Tuesday and Wednesday, the city’s air quality reached the moderately unhealthy range with a fine particulate count exceeding 100 parts per billion. Ecuador’s...
Vice President Otto Sonnenholzner responded to complaints Tuesday night about the extension of the national curfew, which begins today at 2 p.m. instead of 7 p.m. “Many people tell me that concentrating food shopping into fewer hours increases the transmission risk of Covid-19,” he said. “I understand the concern but it is incorrect.” According to...
Martes, 24/3/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Photo exhibit – The “Photo Crew” Collective in Cuenca is preparing a compilation of photos taken during the Paro Nacional (National Strike) which can be downloaded for free. The project will include photos taken by amateurs and professionals during the strike from all...
President Lenín Moreno said Tuesday that the nationwide curfew will begin at 2 p.m., effective Wednesday, due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus. On his Twitter account, the president said the 5 a.m. curfew end-time will not change. “This move is necessary to slow the spread of Covid-19, which now exceeds 1,000 cases in...
Ecuador Finance Minister Richard Martinez announced Monday that Ecuador made a $325 million payment on foreign debt and will take advantage of a 30-day grace period to defer additional payments. He added that he has been in contact with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has agreed to provide a $500 million loan to Ecuador...
By Rob Bell I am not the kind of person who waits. I’m an active person. A doer. I feel more comfortable being proactive than fatalistic. And after eight days of voluntary quarantine, I am practically jumping out of my skin! I accept the idea of remaining largely isolated to fight the spread of coronavirus....
Lunes, 23/3/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Librimundi is planning to have cultural events on line. If you’re interested in participating go to Instagram: @librimundicuenca. <I’m not sure if this participation would be as a provider or consumer of content.> Otras cosas – Titular – ¡Sí se puede vencer al...
The coronavirus pandemic that’s spread to nearly every country in the world is picking up pace, the World Health Organization said Monday, as global cases eclipsed 350,000 and deaths soared past 15,000. “The pandemic is accelerating,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press briefing from the organization’s Geneva headquarters. “It took 67 days...
Vice President Otto Sonnenholzner said Sunday that the next six to seven days will be especially difficult for the country. He said there will be a rapid rise in the number of coronavirus cases and deaths and that the disease will directly affect many families. “We face hard days ahead and ask all Ecuadorians to...
The resignation of Health Minister Catalina Andramuño Saturday ignited a firestorm between the country’s public health professionals and Ecuador’s Ministry of Finance. In her letter of resignation, which was leaked to the press, Andramuño complained that she was asked to fight the coronavirus without sufficient funding, a mission she called “impossible.” She also complained that...
By Gavin Bade, Nahal Toosi and Sam Mintz American citizens in Peru who are trying to head home in response to the coronavirus outbreak are being held there by a Peruvian government that first wants assurances thousands of Peruvian citizens will be able to return from the U.S., according to two sources familiar with the...
By John Blake In the summer of 2008, an elderly psychic who claimed she started receiving premonitions at age 5 published a book that contained an ominous prediction. “In around 2020, a severe pneumonia-like illness will spread throughout the globe, attacking the lungs and the bronchial tubes and resisting all known treatments,” it said. “Almost...
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