An Ecuadoran police officer checks a driver's safe passage documents after the government restricted travel within the country and declared a nighttime curfew, on the outskirts of Quito March 17, 2020. — Reuters pic
Authorities in the Pacific port city said they had received a donation of 1,000 pressed cardboard caskets from local producers, and delivered them for use in two local cemeteries. Businessman Santiago Olivares, who owns a chain of funeral homes, said his company was unable to keep up with demand. Last week, residents posted videos on social media showing abandoned bodies in the streets in the Latin American city worst hit by the pandemic.
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