Ernesto Gutiérrez Vera - Physician, Epidemiologist, Virologist at Instituto Nacional de Higiene y Medicina Tropical Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez, Guayaquil, Ecuador – passed away on 27 March, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Ernesto was 82 years old.
Ernesto Macario Gutiérrez Vera was born in the city of Portoviejo , capital of the province of Manabí , Ecuador. His mother was Alina Vera Loor and his father was the Chonense Macario Gutiérrez Solórzano , rector of the Olmedo (Portoviejo) and Alejo Lascano ( Jipijapa ) schools , also Governor of Manabí, legislator and president of the House of Culture of Guayas. He studied at the Universodad del Valle , in Colombia .
His research from field and laboratory work on Venezuelan enc...