Virus situation ‘critical’ in Ecuador capital: minister

The situation in the Ecuadoran capital Quito is critical due to the coronavirus epidemic, Health Minister Juan Carlos Zevallos warned on Sunday. Between April and July, public hospitals in Quito — home to 2.78 million — expanded their intensive care units from 61 to 162, Zevallos said in a nightly interview with the Teleamazonas network. Demand for hospital beds grew “by 1.6 times” over the same period, he added. “The situation in Quito, the…