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BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela (Reuters) - A mayor in central Venezuela has begun placing red warning symbols on the homes of people with COVID-19 and also threatened to cut welfare handouts for those breaking quarantine.
People walk behind a yellow tape reading Danger do not pass blocking a street to prevent people from going to a nearby market, amid a spike in infections of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that has led the government to extend lockdown measures, in Caracas, Venezuela April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
“We are protecting our people,” said Luis Duque, the mayor of Sucre municipality in Yaracuy state, pointing to a white paper sign on a home with a red circle and line drawn through.
BARQUISIMETO, VENEZUELA (REUTERS) - A mayor in central Venezuela has begun placing red warning symbols on the homes of people with Covid-19 and also threatened to cut welfare handouts for those breaking quarantine, prompting the country s chief prosecutor to open an investigation. We are protecting our people, said Luis Duque, the mayor of Sucre municipality in Yaracuy state, pointing to a white paper sign on a home with a red circle and line drawn through. This indicates that there is a Covid case or a suspected Covid case, so the people are alert, he added in a video posted this week to his Instagram account.
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