Pandemic upends life on isolated, idyllic Galapagos Islands

Pandemic upends life on isolated, idyllic Galapagos Islands

4 years ago
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https://apnews.com/2f8778a3b1e7fed210544e039a54cabd

SAN CRISTOBAL, Ecuador (AP) — Before the coronavirus, sudden life-threatening ailments among tourists, fishermen and others on the Galapagos Islands were considered so rare that hospitals didn’t have a single intensive care unit bed.

Now, officials are racing to equip medical teams on the remote islands with breathing machines while also trying to stanch an economic crisis that has left many of the 30,000 residents jobless.