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Coronavirus city branded 'new Wuhan' after corpses pile up in streets
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A city in Latin America has been branded the "new Wuhan" after it suffered so many coronavirus deaths the bodies were left to rot in the streets.
Guayaquil in Ecuador is home to 2.3 million people and has suffered at least 7,000 deaths, although the official government total is far lower.
But authorities have admitted more than 100 bodies have not been identified and many more are feared to have gone missing. Apocalyptic pictures from Guayaquil show bodies left piled up in the streets as it draws comparisons with the city of Wuhan in China where Covid-19 originated.
Overwhelmed authorities used to having to deal with just 50 dead bodies a day have faced daily surges of up to 500, meaning many families have had to keep the corpses of
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