Zavala: An example in complying with Covid-19 prevention

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Zavala: An example in complying with Covid-19 prevention

2:46 CAT | 01 Jul 2021

Photo: O País

Contrary to what is seen in many parts of the country, residents of Quissico, in Zavala, Inhambane province, see the wearing of masks in public as obligatory, and all comply.

In fact, they wear masks on the streets, in the market and in commercial establishments, and they don’t need the police to tell them to.

They say that they do it out of their own conscience and for the prevention of Covid-19, and that it is not only the authorities who must raise awareness.

Such a one is Ana, a young woman who lives in Quissico and tells ‘O País’ that, if she meets someone in the street who is not wearing a mask, she asks them to put one on.

André, another village resident, says that the wearing of masks should not depend on the presence of an authority figure, but should be accepted as a necessary Covid-19 prevention measure.

At the Zandamela administrative post, one entry point into Inhambane province, Covid-19 prevention measures have been reinforced.

District administrator Dário Machava says more personnel will be allocated to screening people entering the province, with hand washing, temperature measurement and the disinfection of passenger and private vehicles.

The district of Zavala has registered more than 280 Covid-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic in Mozambique. From once having one of the highest rates of infection in the province, Zavala now has only seven active cases.

By Hugo Firmino

Source: O País