Emiliana Ponce, 83, poses for a photograph as she sits in her home, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Buena Vista, Ecuador, April 21, 2020. Ponce, who suffers from liver problems and has not seen a doctor in two months due to the high demand of medical services related to COVID-19, is cared for by her daughter Esperanza Chalen Ponce. Her granddaughter Angela Chalen, who lives by collecting crab and oyster said: "We are unprotected because the doctors have not come down for two months. They must be working in Guayaquil by now." REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A chicken walks along a road, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in El Real, Ecuador, May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Manuel Cruz, 37, an artisanal fisherman, carries a crate of fish caught by him and other fisherman off the coast of the Pacific Ocean, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in El Real, Ecuador May 1, 2020. "We practically give them first aid with natural medicine. We don't have a health center and I think that's why we have had those deaths," said Cruz. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Maria Alarcon, 54, is comforted by her children Sulin Sarango, 25, and Angel Sarango, 34, as she reacts during the burial of her husband Angel Sarango, 74, who died that day after reporting symptoms consistent with COVID-19, at the cemetery El Cementerio General de Puerto Chanduy, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Chanduy, Ecuador, May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Cleotilde Vera, 52, (front left), Vicente Vera, 63, Victoriano Vera, 49, and Pablo Vera, 60, who are all siblings, travel by boat on the Guayas River to Cerrito de los Morrenos, to pick up their father Vicente Vera, 85, who was experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19, to take him to Guayaquil for medical care, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A local volunteer, who is helping to disinfect buildings in his town during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, wears protective clothing as he disinfects a home with a chlorine solution, in Zapotal, Ecuador, May 2, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Segundo Montoya, 65, checks his blood pressure at home after refusing to go to the local hospital, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Zapotal, Ecuador, May 2, 2020. Some villagers like Montoya have refused to go to public hospitals out of fear. "A doctor came, but I did not want to go to the hospital, because I could be left alone to die," said Montoya. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Family members of Reina Orrala Tomala, 69, who died after reporting symptoms consistent with COVID-19, mourn during her wake at Tomala's home, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Libertador Bolivar, Ecuador, May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Vicente Gaibor del Pino SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Wooden crosses stand at a cemetery, where some people reported experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19 died at Liborio Panchana Sotomayor Hospital, have been brought to be buried, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in La Libertad, Ecuador, May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Aurelio Valenzuela, a community leader, who recently experienced symptoms consistent with COVID-19, shows the rosemary plant he said he used to treat himself, to Reuters at his home, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Cerrito de los Morrenos, Ecuador, April 21, 2020. "Here we are with the only doctor we have: God, who is taking care of us," said Valenzuela. "They have left us. They have abandoned us." REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Marina Cruz, 59, holds a portrait of her late husband Alfredo Cruz, 64, who died at a local hospital after experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19, as she poses for a photograph at her home, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Pechiche, Ecuador, May 2, 2020. Cruz believes she was also infected with the coronavirus, but decided to stay at home. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A fisherman carries his catch in a bucket, as he walks in front of the Pacific Ocean, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in El Real, Ecuador, May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A man on a motorbike drives past an almost empty downtown street, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ballenita, Ecuador, May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Candles burn in front of a religious shrine at the home of Emiliana Ponce, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Buena Vista, Ecuador, April 21, 2020. Ponce, who suffers from liver problems and has not seen a doctor in two months due to the high demand of medical services related to COVID-19, is cared for by her daughter Esperanza Chalen Ponce. Her granddaughter Angela Chalen, who lives by collecting crab and oyster said: "We are unprotected because the doctors have not come down for two months. They must be working in Guayaquil by now." REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Vicente Vera, 85, who is experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19, walks with his sons to a boat that will take him to Guayaquil for medical care, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Cerrito de los Morrenos, Ecuador, April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Emperatriz Escudero, 48, who sells produce, stands in her truck as she serves customers, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in El Real, Ecuador, May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Men, who's job it is to transport seafood between boats and Caraguay market, wait on some steps as they work during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Virgilio Dominguez, 59, who is experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, lies in a hammock as his son sits in front of him at their home, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Pechiche, Ecuador May 2, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A man and a woman on a motorcycle, ride past barricades that were set up to restrict access to the town, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Cadeate, Ecuador, May 2, 2020. REUTERS/Vicente Gaibor del Pino SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A man who's job it is to transport seafood between boats and Caraguay market, carries a pallet of crabs to Caraguay Market, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Emperatriz Escudero, 48, who sells produce, sprays alcohol on a five dollar bill, given as change to a customer, as she stands in her truck, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in El Real, Ecuador, May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Residents of El Real stand in front of fish that they were given, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in El Real, Ecuador, May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Emperatriz Escudero, 48, who sells produce, sits in her truck as she serves a customer, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in El Real, Ecuador, May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Victoriano Vera, 49, a certified public accountant, is sprayed with a chlorine solution, which has become a standard procedure for every person and boat arriving at the town pier during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Puerto Roma, Ecuador, April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Family members mourn at the grave of Martin Orrala, who died at the age of 82 after reporting symptoms consistent with COVID-19, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Valdivia, Santa Elena, Ecuador, May 2, 2020. REUTERS/Vicente Gaibor del Pino SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A local volunteer who has been helping to disinfect buildings in his town during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, wears a protective mask, as he poses for a photograph in Zapotal, Ecuador, May 2, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Sulin Sarango, 25, touches her father Angel Sarango's coffin, who died earlier that day after reporting symptoms consistent with COVID-19, as she mourns with her sister's Sandy Sarango and and Betsy Sarango at the cemetery El Cementerio General de Puerto Chanduy, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Chanduy, Ecuador, May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A local volunteer, who is helping to disinfect buildings during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, disinfects the home of a victim who died after reporting symptoms consistent with COVID-19, in Libertador Bolivar, Ecuador May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Vicente Gaibor del Pino SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Angel Sarango, 34, (third left), helps to lower the coffin containing the body of his father Angel Sarango, 74, who died earlier that day after reporting symptoms consistent with COVID-19, into a grave at the cemetery El Cementerio General de Puerto Chanduy, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Chanduy, Ecuador, May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Marina Cruz, 59, who's husband Alfredo Cruz, 64, died at a local hospital experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19, is comforted by her cousin, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at her home in Pechiche, Ecuador, May 2, 2020. Cruz believes she was also infected with the coronavirus, but decided to stay at home. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Cristian Jordan, 37, who suffers from dengue fever and is experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19, lies on his bed at his home, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Puerto Roma, Ecuador, April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Carolina Guzman, 23, embraces her grandfather Vicente Vera, 85, who is experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19, before Vera travels to Guayaquil for medical care, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Cerrito de los Morrenos, Ecuador, April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Three local volunteers, who are helping to disinfect buildings in their town during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, wear protective clothing as they ride on the back of a pickup truck on their way to disinfect a building, in Zapotal, Ecuador, May 2, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Doctor Bolivar Jalca, who is treating patients experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19, poses for a photograph outside Manglaralto Hospital, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Manglaralto, Ecuador, May 2, 2020. REUTERS/Vicente Gaibor del Pino SEARCH "RURAL ECUADOR COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.