Ecuador: Families desperate to find relatives’ remains

Families in Ecuador desperately search for the remains of their loved ones, as hospitals and morgues become inundated with coronavirus victims.

In Ecuador, families of coronavirus victims are desperately searching for their loved ones’ remains.

Hundreds of bodies have never been identified, as hospitals, morgues and cemeteries become overwhelmed.

In the city of Guayaquil, bodies have not been stored properly, and have started to decompose.

Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports.

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