Some 200 people line up on a Caracas street to collect water
from an old hydrant. Many cover their faces with homemade masks, seeking to
prevent covid-19 from reaching a Venezuela hit by a shortage of water and fuel.
Eva, a 62-year-old retiree, who comes out wearing a mask and
rubber gloves, awaits her turn to load water.
“We are willing to respect quarantine, but how do we respect
it if we have to look for water three and four times daily? I don't want to
leave my house, but how do we do it? ”Asks Eva, who manages to transport 10
liters each way.
A woman fills containers on a first-come, first-served basis
with a hose that manually holds the fire hydrant. Some resent waiting in the
sun.
For five years in the area, located a few blocks from the
Miraflores presidential palace, supplies began to fail after new buildings were
built. Eva gets water an hour a week, hopefully.
At home they have taken extreme measures to evade the new
coronavirus, which totals 129 infections and three deaths in Venezuela. To
comply with the recommendation to wash their hands - reiterated on government
television - they go down more times to look for water.
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