My shed is my castle: one Cuban's move to self-isolate


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  • Friday, 21 Aug 2020

Rafael Viguera, 55, carries food towards his shack amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Havana, Cuba, August 18, 2020. Picture taken on August 18, 2020. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

HAVANA (Reuters) - Rafael Viguera is taking no risks. Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, he has traded in his comfortable house in Havana for his roadside, tiny wooden juice shack out by the fortress overlooking the city bay to self-isolate.

The 55-year-old considers that up on the sparsely populated hillside from which Spanish soldiers used to fend off pirates, he is safe from the highly contagious virus that has infected around 2,000 in the city sprawling below.

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