Millions of informal workers in Latin America who don’t have the luxury of staying in quarantine have been the hardest hit
“My employer called me and told me that I had three options: one, that I go to live at work for three months with the same salary; two, that I only work 15 days a month for half the salary or three, that I say goodbye,” she said.“She fired me and now I’m home, with nothing in my pockets and in the midst of this quarantine,” she said.
Luz Vidal, president of the Sintracap union which represents 500 domestic workers, said it had received many calls from colleagues presented with similar options. Luz Vidal, president of the SINTRACAP union which represents 500 nannies, is seen outside the house where she works to talk whit Reuters after Chilean government announced a total quarantine for wealthy areas of the capital Santiago, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease in Santiago, Chile March 30, 2020. Picture taken March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
In Chile, which has had over 2,700 confirmed cases and 12 deaths, the first people confirmed as having the virus were two doctors who traveled to Italy and Southeast Asia. The first deaths, however, were in poor Santiago suburbs.
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