Maintain the metre, urges environmentalist
Following the outbreak of Covid-19 in South Africa, we started supporting the social distance call
In just three months, Covid-19 has proven to be one of the fastest moving, most infectious, and deadliest illnesses to confront humankind in many years.
Despite this, medical specialists and an array of scientists have given the world an easy and effective way to end the spread of the Covid-19. They have told us to keep at least one metre between individuals, says Emmanuel Koro, a Johannesburg-based environmentalist.
“Following the outbreak of Covid-19 in South Africa, we started supporting the social distance call by distributing environmentally friendly cotton T-shirts in Johannesburg, with the slogan ‘Maintain the metre’. Keeping a metre of space between every individual at any time, the ‘social distance’, will generally prevent anyone infected with Covid-19 from passing the virus to another person who is not,” said Koro.
“Thank you for distributing the T-shirts in the Daveyton community,” said Freddie Motaung, Daveyton Township Local Economic Development Committee member. Alerting people on how social distance prevents the spread of Covid-19 and saves human lives is a timely and welcome campaign that should be continued.”
