Armed with a poster and flyers in his hand and a stethoscope around his neck, Venezuelan physician Samuel Suárez set out on foot to provide life-saving advice on how to prevent COVID-19 infection to ...

QUITO, April 28 (Reuters) - Samuel Suarez, a young Venezuelan doctor, fled his country's economic collapse two years ago and migrated to Ecuador. He says he is now harnessing that experience to help ...

Soaring numbers of COVID-19 deaths in Ecuador's second city Guayaquil have led to a shortage of coffins, forcing locals to resort to using cardboard boxes, city authorities said Sunday. Authorities in ...

With hundreds of bodies left decaying in homes for days due to lack of space in the city's overwhelmed morgues and hospitals, the coronavirus has struck a blow to Ecuador's economic capital Quayaquil, ...

Refugee community networks are helping detect COVID-19 cases in Ecuador, as part of a Community Epidemiological Surveillance System (CESS) developed by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. The system is ...

A recent study conducted by researchers from Universidad San Francisco de Quito and Johns Hopkins University has revealed critical insights into the mental health of healthcare providers in Ecuador ...

The Nimbus variant, or NB.1.8.1, is a strain of SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. Alongside the usual symptoms of COVID-19, it can cause a razor blade sensation in the throat and gastrointestinal ...