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Jorge Washington Orlando, Deputy Mayor of Salitre, died yesterday of complications from the Covid-19, three days after he had tested positive for the virus. In addition, four other Guayas Province mayors have tested positive and are in quarantine. Among those infected...
Jueves, 26/3/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Topical song - Singer Andrés Pineda wrote a song, "Quedate en casa, por favor" and contacted 13 other professional singers to participate in producing it. The song is currently only available on the...
By Mark Mahoney As America and the global community continue to focus on addressing the continuing pandemic facing all of us, the issues related to mental health should not be forgotten. Obviously, the need for testing, isolation and rapid treatment are issues that...
By Jeremiah Reardon When my father John finished eighth grade in 1913 he joined his friends working in the Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania coal mines. The tipple boys separated waste from coal dropped on screens by the wrought iron tippler. An old miner cracked knuckles to...
By Jason Murdock A California man who peddled prevention pills and a bogus injectable cure for novel coronavirus infections on social media has been arrested on a federal fraud charge. Keith Lawrence Middlebrook, 53, was arrested by the FBI yesterday evening after...
By Kimberley Brown Nemonte Nenquimo, an Indigenous Waorani leader from Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, watched as her Indigenous colleagues, family and friends rushed back to their territory this past week, attempting to escape the threat of the coronavirus engulfing the...
The coronavirus pandemic may not go away in just a few weeks or so, Dr. Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, said during a Facebook Live Q&A on Thursday. "This is not a virus that goes away in two weeks or four weeks or six weeks. We...
Although it is too early to tell if Ecuador’s shelter-in-place rules are slowing the spread of the Covid-19 virus, Ecuador’s new Minister of Heatlh Juan Carlos Zevallos says he expects to see a “flattening of the curve” of new infections within a week to 10 days. “We...
Miércoles, 25/3/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - On-line festival - The CCE is transmitting the "Festival Arte Desde Casa" live during this health emergency. Much of it is aimed at children with puppet making, games, yoga classes, and reading...
In mid-September back in 2017, Edie and I were traversing part of Ecuador’s lowlands as we worked our way up the coast from Salinas to San Lorenzo. As usual, we were on the look out for photo-ops but the atmospherics weren’t too accommodating. Eleven days of travel...
There's no shortage of coronavirus claims, miracle cures, and outright hoaxes, but some are so outlandish that they're sometimes entertaining. Let's only look to the experts for credible information. MercuryNews.com (San Francisco, CA) reports that Amazon has pulled...
By Emma Farge and Sanjeev Miglani The United States could become the global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, as India announced a full 24-hour, nationwide lockdown in the world’s second-most populous country. India...
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...
By Susan Burke March As reported, water usage in Cuenca is up 25 percent, as well as the lack of recent rain. I had heard earlier this week that water usage was up 20 percent, and reached out to my friends on social media to get some top tips for saving water. Please...
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...
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...
Food safety is of paramount importance during this time, but it's important all year round. Here is a segment of a much longer article published in SeriousEats.com. To read the complete article, click here. Can I get COVID-19 from touching or eating contaminated food?...
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...
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...
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...
