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Vice President Otto Sonnenholzner announced Saturday new government assistance to help Guayaquil weather the coronavirus outbreak. “As of Monday, we are sending 1,500 hospital beds to the city as well as large deliveries of personal protective gear, hospital equipment...
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) expects a “tsunami” of Covid-19 cases in Latin America and the Caribbean, the director of the organization, Carissa Etienne, said on Saturday. She is urging the private sector to collaborate with governments to address the...
By Matthew Bristow Venezuelan families made destitute by Colombia’s coronavirus lockdown are walking a thousand miles or more across the Andes to get home. Nicolas Maduro’s Venezuela might be undergoing one of the deepest economic slumps in modern history, but it’s...
By Rae Ellen Bichell We're all social distancing these days, and it's unclear when exactly that will end. But Billy Barr has been doing this for almost 50 years. He's the only full-time resident of Gothic, Colo. "I'm the mayor and chief of police," he said. "I hold...
Ecuador Health Minister Juan Carlos Zevallos says new equipment and medicine is arriving but says more are needed. “We are beginning to see a steady flow of personal protection gear, intensive care equipment and pharmaceuticals necessary to fight Covid-19,” he said....
By Ellen Birkens The United Nations estimates that as many as 200,000 travelers are stranded in countries around the world with many facing insurmountable obstacles to getting home. "The onset of travel restrictions aimed at the coronavirus was so sudden that many...
By Ray Horsley When I was very young I learned of another world, somewhat like mine, only the people there ate animals. The idea struck me as strange since nobody in my world ate animals. So I said to myself: “I'd like to learn of this world, its customs, and the...
Interior Minister María Paula Romo announced Friday that the use of private vehicles will be reduced to once a week beginning Monday. It is the third reduction in two weeks. “We have made the decision to tighten driving restrictions in the interest of public health,”...
Minister of Health Juan Carlos Zevallos warned Thursday that he expects 20 percent of those who contract the Covid-19 virus will require hospitalization and six percent will require intensive care. “This estimate is based on what we have seen so far in Ecuador as well...
Facing stiff criticism, the U.S. Treasury Department changed course late Wednesday and announced that Social Security beneficiaries and other Americans who haven’t filed income taxes for the past two years won’t have to take any extra steps to receive one-time checks...
By Molly Wood At a moment when you would strongly prefer it to stay healthy, the U.S. office of Health and Human Services was the target of a cyberattack. Reports say the agency’s servers were hit this week with what’s known as a distributed denial of service attack,...
President Lenin Moreno announced extentions to most restrictions intended to slow the spread of the Covid-19 virus on Thursday morning. Noting the increase of Covid-19 cases and deaths, Moreno said it is time for all Ecuadorians to work together to control the...
Some foods are "genius foods" in terms of nutrition, and one of the smartest foods around is nuts. All nuts! Nuts are a 'combination food' — they're a good source of the three major nutrients — protein, carbohydrate, and healthy fats — plus they contain micronutrients...
Health Minister Juan Carlos Zevallos delivered a sobering assessment of the rapidly spreading coronavirus epidemic in Ecuador on Wednesday afternoon. “I regret to say that, despite all our efforts, the virus curve continues to rise exponentially,” he said, noting that...
Miércoles, 1/4/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada Otras cosas - Titular - Fortalecen medidas sanitarias en Cuenca (Sanitary measures in Cuenca strengthened) - See Tuesday's article in CHL. Salen a las calles pese a restricción (Taking to the streets despite...
Cuenca's municipal government is appealing to local expats to support its Municipal Food Bank project to feed the area's poor. To date, the project has delivered thousands of food kits as well as medicine and other critically needed supplies to poor families and...
By Tim Carmen James Stangle, a doctor of veterinary medicine in South Dakota, has sounded the alarm on the Impossible Whopper, which, he says, contains so much estrogen that the mock-meat burger could grow breasts on men who wolf down too many of the Burger King...
March 25. Silence. The lockdown on March 17 with the standard restrictions, also limited automobile traffic, and it got pretty quiet on the very busy street that my apartment overlooks. Today the curfew was moved from 9 p.m. to 2 p.m. and now at 5 p.m. the street is...
By Tara John There's a lot about Iceland that other countries could envy: Its spectacular natural surroundings, its place among the world's happiest countries, and, now, its large-scale testing for the novel coronavirus, which could influence how the world understands...
Optimism that the spread of the Covid-19 virus was slowing in Ecuador was dashed Tuesday as the country recorded its highest single-day infection rate yet. The count of 336 followed those of 89 and 42 on Sunday and Monday. Health Minister Juan Carlos Zevallos offered...
