Make supermarkets safer as peak looms

AS WE plunge towards a predicted peak of the coronavirus disease, there are still some areas that need to be tightened to minimise the catastrophic effect.

It has been somehow found that supermarkets are bad spots. Lots of clashes are occurring between ignorant, innocent, mesmerised customers, especially in the aisles. Supermarkets have already been taking many precautions, so a request for one more: make customers move in just one direction from one side to another, snake-like, to prevent face-to-face collisions.

Also, appoint designated floor managers to make certain that all customers are wearing their masks properly and adhering to safe distances. Lots of people are childishly treating the safety measures as a joke, placing others at unnecessary risk. The initial empathy from everybody is disappearing. Some people incorrectly feel that since they have avoided the infection thus far, it makes them invulnerable. The reality is very quickly hitting home as close friends and relatives are falling. Let’s be considerate.

EBRAHIM ESSA | Durban