Monday, February 3, 2020

Buckets of Water


Near the entrance to many public buildings is a bucket of water with a spout and basin.  The embassy is the first place I saw this.  I noticed it the first day we arrived in Liberia.  They have one at each entrance.  I thought this was drinking water for the employees and guests who come in from the heat, but I was wrong.  These water stations are leftover from efforts to contain the spread of Ebola.  The typical water station only has water to rinse hands before entering a building.  Now with coronavirus as a common topic of conversation, these buckets of water are popping up around the city.  This one is at the entrance to a popular expat hotel.  All doors except one were blocked off and an employee stood there to make sure everyone at least got their fingertips wet before entering.