Glimpses of life before COVID-19 in Jao

Glimpses of life before COVID-19 in Jao
Glimpses of life before COVID-19 in Jao

In the middle of a river and roaming deadly wild animals, the people of Jedibe in Jao Flats are still leading the old normal life free from facemasks and infrared thermometers. Mmegi Staff Writer THALEFANG CHARLES recently visited the island

Imagine a place where people do not wear facemasks. Not at Donald Trump rallies - right here in Botswana. A place where there are no gun thermometers aimed at your body. No sanitisers constantly sprayed onto your hands to kill the near-invincible virus.

Just like in the good old normal days when people did not frown at you when they see your mouth and nose [at time before the deadly novel coronavirus (COVID-19)]. That is how life still is at Jedibe village in Jao Flats inside the Okavango Delta.

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