Guayaquil city

An Ecuadorean woman in coronavirus-ravaged Guayaquil city has learned that her sister was alive, weeks after cremating a misidentified body.

Health authorities at Abel Gilbert Ponton Hospital had given her another body after proclaiming her sibling dead.

Alba Maruri, 74, was admitted to an intensive care unit on March 27 suffering from a high fever and difficulty breathing.

Medical personnel told her family later same day that she had died, Maruri’s sister Aura said by telephone.

A week later, health authorities handed over to relatives what they thought were Maruri’s remains.

But …