The coronavirus pandemic has left many women who work as household maids in Latin America without work, assistance, or has trapped them with their employers because of government-ordered lockdowns. - NBCLatino
The first person to die of COVID-19 in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state was a 63-year-old domestic worker in one of the country’s wealthiest neighborhoods, Leblon. Her employer was infected during a trip to Italy, but the maid’s family members said she was not informed that her boss was in isolation awaiting test results, according to Camila Ramos de Miranda, health secretary of the worker’s hometown, located two hours north of Leblon.
Some employers have prohibited maids from going out for any reason — even to visit their children on days off or to see a doctor — for fear they could pick up the virus and bring it back. Marcelina Bautista, who runs the Center for Support and Training for Domestic Workers, said the organization knows of live-in workers whose employers have forbidden them from leaving since early March.
Maria Isidra Llanos, the general secretary of the National Union of Domestic Workers, complained that employers are also asking domestic workers to use more aggressive cleaning agents in hopes of killing the virus. Chlorine bleach, when mixed with almost anything other than water, can release toxic vapors.One maid said her employers left Mexico City when the lockdown started, and she has no idea when they will return.
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