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Ecuador camera team prevented from covering hospital facility where health minister was visiting

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A cameraman and team of the media outlet Ecuavisa was forced to leave the premises of Hospital de los Valles. Security officers for Ecuador Health Minister Juan Carlos Zevallo told them it was a private facility and they needed to leave. The journalists explained that they were there due to Zevallo’s presence, apparently related to the provision of vaccines.

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