{"id":216240,"date":"2020-03-27T16:01:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T20:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=216240"},"modified":"2020-03-27T16:01:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T20:01:15","slug":"coronavirus-social-distancing-havanas-streets-are-still-full-of-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/coronavirus-social-distancing-havanas-streets-are-still-full-of-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Social distancing? Havana\u2019s streets are still full of people"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s announced in the press, repeated by opinion leaders, multiplied on social networks, demanded by health personnel and in some places, it is law: staying at home and avoiding crowds has become for the moment the most effective remedy to prevent the spread of Covid-19, a pandemic that already affects 177 countries and accumulates more than 435,000 confirmed cases on the planet.<\/p>\n

At this moment, approximately a third of the world population, more than 2 billion persons, is in confinement to try to stop this enemy.<\/p>\n

In Cuba there are already 57 confirmed cases<\/a>. They still seem few, but they keep increasing.<\/p>\n

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Map prepared by Johns Hopkins University. Date: March 25, 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Isolation measures have also been decreed in Cuba. The authorities call on the population to stay at home, to decrease their movements. For this, classes at all levels of education have been interrupted, air and interprovincial transportation have been reduced, teleworking and income-cushioning solutions have been sought for people who must stop going to their workplaces. Cultural and sporting events have been suspended, and the population is called to decrease all kinds of crowds.<\/p>\n

But, when going out in the main cities, and especially Havana, there\u2019s still the impression that many people don\u2019t have a sufficient risk perception about what this disease means, its rapid contagion and the effects it can generate, above all, in people over 60 years of age, who in Cuba constitute about 20 percent of the population.<\/p>\n

How much is a meter and a half away?<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week we are still not entirely clear in Cuba how much is a meter or a meter and a half away. This distance that is asked between persons.<\/p>\n

There you can still see the buses full of people. Delayed and crowded lines whether to buy food, get the liter of chlorine that is sold for each family nucleus, take money out of the bank, buy detergent or other toiletries and cleaning products….<\/p>\n