Remote work gains ground in Cuba amid Covid-19 pandemic


Workers of a food and product delivery service managing delivery requests over the Internet at the business headquarters in Havana, Cuba. As February has become the worst month regarding Covid-19 infections since the onset of the pandemic in Cuba in March last year, the Cuban government has encouraged working remotely to reduce the movement of people throughout the country. — AFP

HAVANA: Yeni Hechavarria, a 34-year-old interpreter and translator who used to commute from her house on the outskirts of the Cuban capital to her workplace in the city’s entertainment district, has changed her routine after the Covid-19 outbreak.

Like her, thousands of Cuban state employees have to stay at home to minimise the risk of contracting the virus at workplace, as the island nation strives to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus nationwide.

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