It is one of the remotest places on earth - rich in marine life and home to unique species of wildlife - but even the Galapagos islands have not escaped the impact of the pandemic. (Subscribe: [ Ссылка ])
And now Chinese industrial fishing fleets have also been plundering the waters off the Galapagos coast - putting its fragile ecosystem under even further strain.
Officials are rushing to vaccinate the population - in an effort to revive the islands' multi-million pound tourism industry on which it so heavily depends.
Our Latin America correspondent Guillermo Galdos reports.
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