Bioethics, human rights, constitutional framework in the management of the health crisis and vaccines against Covid-19 in Ecuador

Abstract

The measures applied by the Ecuadorian government to manage the health crisis caused by COVID-19 have been very controversial in terms of bioethical principles, Human Rights, and the constitutional framework. In this sense, the realization of a documentary-bibliographical investigation was proposed, in which laws, information and news about the coronavirus in Ecuador have been analyzed in order to know the consequences of the application of such measures. The right to health has been considered the main urgency to attend to in the country, however, the measures applied to attend to the health of Ecuadorians have undermined their fundamental rights, both in the health sector itself and in the economic, social, labor and moral. Consequently, a review of the fundamental bioethical principles should be proposed in such a way that moral and legal agreements are reached where fundamental rights are not violated.