Colombian seamstress Nazly Penagos got an unusual offer from her boss: come live inside the Bogota factory to reduce the chance of getting sick with the novel coronavirus.
An employee of the Colombian company Hechizoo wearing a face mask is seen inside a room where the employees who live at the company's premises sleep, as a preventive measure of isolation, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Bogota, Colombia May 20, 2020. Picture taken May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
While installing living quarters is a rare measure, thousands of Colombian factories and businesses are restarting operations. They are grappling with government delays in granting permission to reopen and worries about how to sell products to still-quarantined consumers in Latin America’s fourth-largest economy.
The factory’s managers are hopeful the addition of living quarters will keep the business afloat and avoid employee infections. The company is getting about 15% of its regular orders. Businesses told Reuters government authorizations to restart work have come slowly amid contradictory official announcements and their fears customers will purchase little while they remain largely stuck at home and restricted to buying basics.
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