Goaso Market women disregard COVID-19 protocols

Traders in the Goaso weekly Market have shown total disregard for the COVID -19 safety protocols in the wake of the new spike of the novel pandemic.

There was no adherence to the protocol of social distancing as they go about their activities, with only a few of them wearing their nose masks when Soireenews visited the market.

There was also the absence of COVID-19 preventive equipment such as Veronica buckets, soaps, tissue papers, and hand sanitizers at designated hand washing places in the market.

Some traders told the Soireenews that they believed COVID-19 is a myth therefore, they need not to comply with any protocol.
 
A plaintain seller, Akua Kompiaga  said “I don’t believe in the existence of the pandemic in the country, so I’m not interested in anything called safety preventive protocols.”

Some of the market women added that during the initial stages of the virus, people did not adhere to the safety protocols as they should because they never accepted its existence.

They  expressed hope that businesses would soon bounce back when the virus was finally defeated.

Soireenews also saw some residents, pedestrians, drivers, and hawkers without nose masks while carrying out their activities, however, few who had it on were also not wearing it properly as they placed them under their chin

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