Nigeria is currently experiencing the community transmission phase and open-air markets are an automatic arena for mass spread says Joy Shimang, a Medical Laboratory Scientist with a speciality in Virology. The pandemic has laid bare the need to re-think the design of our open air markets. In Ethiopia, the government is redesigning the country’s markets to stop the spread of COVID-19. Local streets adjacent to the markets are being used as an extension of the markets with specific markers to designate spots for the women’s market. For the majority of open air market traders, the risk of their families going hungry and slipping further into poverty far outweighs any fears they may have of contracting the virus.

Source: The Star October 05, 2020 21:00 UTC