FILE PHOTO: Yosniel Iznaga, 22, carries containers to collect water from a water truck amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in downtown Havana, Cuba, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer
PORT-AU-PRINCE/HAVANA (Reuters) - Every day, Fontus Pierre Raymond wakes up at the crack of dawn to get in line to fill buckets of water at the communal tap in his densely-packed Port-au-Prince shantytown so that his mother and seven younger siblings can wash before work and school.
Often, though, it runs dry and the 24-year-old has to trudge further to a cistern with dirtier water. So he wonders how he is supposed to follow the recommended hygiene measures to stave off the deadly new coronavirus, like frequently washing hands and social distancing.
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