The novel coronavirus has ravaged the coastal Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil, which has struggled to cope with the number of corpses as hospitals, morgues and funeral parlors have been overwhelmed. Some social media videos show unattended bodies lying on the street with nowhere else to go.

The outbreak in Ecuador has sickened at least 3,100 people, according to Johns Hopkins’ latest data map. The epicenter in the country is in Guayaquil, where residents have criticized the government’s response.

Because of the strict quarantine measures taken to restrict the spread of COVID-19, people have been limited in what they can do for…