SOLWEZI ENHANCES COVID-19 AWARENESS
SOLWEZIMunicipal Council has intensified community awareness on Covid-19 preventive guidelines through stakeholder engagement.
Council Assitant Public Relations manager, Esther Chirwa, said that so far, bus operators and market leaders had been engaged to strategize on how compliance could be enhanced to reduce the spread of the virus.
Ms Chirwa said bus operators were drawn from the main station, Kazomba and Zambezi/ Kasempa station while market leaders came from Solwezi Main Market, Kyawama, Kazomba, Messenger, Zambia, Mitech and Mushitala Markets respectively.
She said the need for the pandemic to be taken seriously was one of the pertinent issues discussed during the meetings.
Ms Chirwa observed that most residents in Solwezi had relaxed in adhering to the Covid-19 guidelines, thereby contributing to the increase of cases being recorded in the district.
"It was therefore emphasized that prevention of the spread of the virus in communities is key in fighting the second wave of the Coronavirus which is more dangerous as compared to the earlier version hence engagement of public leaders," Ms Chirwa said.
She indicated that both bus operators and market leaders should ensure that they put the lives of passengers and customers first other than only concentrating on making profits amidst the outbreak of covid-19.
"And prominent from the meeting with market leaders is the need for a taskforce to be formed in the markets that will comprise Market Leaders, the Crime Prevention Unit (CPU) and the Council to work together in sensitizing members of the public on the Covid-19," she added.