Travellers get Covid-19 awareness tips

THE Commuter Magazine has stepped up awareness campaigns targeting travellers after noticing laxity in adhering to Covid-19 health guidelines and regulations.

The Commuter Magazine indicated that most travellers on public service vehicles especially along the Livibgstone- Lusaka route had stopped adhering to the guidelines such as sanitizing and masking up.

Liswaniso Mwanalushi, managing director at The Commuter Magazine, observed that people had become complacent in adhering to Covid-19 regulations.

Mr Mwanalushi said the sensitisation programme was meant to help travellers continue to follow the Covid-19 guidelines as the pandemic was still there and real.

He told the Daily Nation during an awareness campaign at the main bus station in Livingstone that his organisation would continue reaching out to the people and educating them on the importance of following the guidelines.

"We have embarked on a programme of sensitizing travellers on the need to continue adhering to the Covid-19 guidelines given by the Ministry of Health. We are distributing face masks and fliers to commuters, bus crew and traders

“We feel that travellers are at risk of contracting Covid-19 if the guidelines are not followed to the letter. It is for this reason that we will continue to educate them and where possible even give them face masks and education materials,” he said.

Mr Mwanalushi bemoaned the low levels of social distancing on the buses caused by the restrictive nature of the sitting arrangement was done.

He thanked the cooperating partners AIDS Healthcare Foundation for supporting the organization's efforts.