Coronavirus disaster in Brazil, Ecuador

This 24 May 2020 video says about itself:

Brazil’s Indigenous tribes: COVID-19 spreading in Amazon region

As coronavirus cases rise to above 340,000 in Brazil, it is also threatening vulnerable Indigenous communities in the Amazonas region.

The state has one of the highest infection rates in the country and also suffers from poor healthcare.

And now COVID-19 spreading to isolated villages there.

Al Jazeera’s Katia Lopez-Hodayan reports.

This 24 May 2020 video says about itself:

Ecuador: Families desperate to find relatives’ remains

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.

WARNING: Some viewers may find some of the images distressing.

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