Ecuador declares state of exception in eight provinces as COVID-19 infections spike

QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno has declared a 30-day state of exception in eight of the country’s 24 provinces, which includes a curfew, due to a spike in coronavirus infections and associated deaths.FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the Guasmo Hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador, January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Santiago […]
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