Govt prescribes mandatory use of masks

Director of Health Services Dr Malaki Tshipayagae has announced that everyone outside their home must wear a cloth mask as part of the new measures to control the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.

“We want everyone to cover their mouths and noses in public by use of cloth masks,” said Dr Tshipayagae.

He highlighted that his office encourages people to make their own masks and not go to the health facilities to ask for such facilities or buy surgical masks. 

Editor's Comment
Bravo BDF for the first step addressing GBV

The statement, whilst some may say, comes a little bit too late, is timely as gender-based violence (GBV) continues to haunt the country. A week hardly passes without reports of a wife, a girlfriend or boyfriend being killed by their intimate partners. Just recently, a high-ranking officer stationed at Glen Valley Barracks reportedly murdered his wife and has so far managed to evade arrest. It is also alleged that another soldier murdered his...

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