The Environmental Health Officers Association (EHOAN) don yarn say the use of banks’ Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) na source of community transmission of coronavirus in Naija.
Taiwo Awonuga, EHOA’s Lagos chapter President, raise the alarm for interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) for Lagos on Friday.
Awonuga kon yarn the Presidential Task Force (PTF) to immediately yarn banks dem to open more cash dispensing outlets so as to reduce the spread of the virus.
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“The rat-race going on in many ATMs outlets is not good for the fight against communal transmission of the pandemic. People line up in the sun amidst sweat and droppings from their bodies.
“It calls for a change in attitude from banks and customers too, if we must halt community spread of the coronavirus, especially in the suburb where ATMs are few but attract crowds.
“The confusion at ATM points are a common sight in the country because people need money to cater for daily needs. In that zeal to get cash, they lose their guard and get infected by vectors around them,’’
