COVID-19 GUIDELINES FOR INFORMAL TRADERS (in streets, markets and Spaza shops)
The coronavirus COVID-19 is highly infectious.
It soreads through contact with people who already have the virus
- even those who do not show symptoms - or from touching
contaminated surfaces and then touching your eyes, mouth or nose
COVID-19 sticks to surfaces - cardboard, plastic, wood, metal and
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money. It can survive for up to five days.
Informal traders can trade as safely aS supermarkets
as long as these gui®deli@nes are followed.
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elderly or live with elderly people (those over 60), you should stay at home.
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someone else to run your business for you during the COVID-19 epidemic.
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Wash your hands with soap and water often:
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@ Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds. Clean all parts
of your hands and fists, washing between fingers and
fingertips and halfway up your forearms.
@ Wash your hands before you start your workday,
throughout the day, and especially before eating.
@ Wash your hands after coughing or sneezing.
@ Wash your hands after touching any object that others
regularly touch.
e Wash your hands as soon as you get home.
NOTE: Hand sanitisers do not work as a preventative measure on dirty
hands - because the virus sticks to the dirt on your hands. Make sure you do
not touch the tap with your hands before and after washing by using a piece
of newspaper that you throw away after.
Avoid touching your face - especially
your eyes, mouth and nose.
When you cough or sneeze, cover
your face with the inside of your
elbow
Avoid touching people. Do not greet
people by touching them.
Keep 2 metres away from people. Where
this is impossible, then at least keep at arm’s
length.
Customers should keep two metres distance from each other, by queueing
alongside trader / market stalls or outside spazas. Drawing lines on the ground is a
simple way to show how people should queue and how far they should stay from you and your stall
/ shop. Don't let people jump the queue or others will not keep to the distances.
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Warning on the use of gloves:
The advice from public health specialists is - if you use
disposable gloves to protect yourself, they should be thrown
away after each task. The virus sits on gloves and cannot be
washed off in the same way as washing hands. Used gloves
should be treated as contaminated. It is much better to be able
to wash your hands with soap and water than to use gloves.
Give priority to high-risk customers (such as pensioners or pregnant women) by giving
them preference in queues or for spazas setting aside designated shopping hours.
Ask customers not to touch products (as far as possible).
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REMEMBER: If you or your famile y develop symptoms, please call the toll free number 0800 029 999.
On April 2, national government declared Spaza shops and informal
uncooked food traders as essential service workers - see pg 12 here
PRESSURE AUTHORITIES TO:
@ provi;de unli_m.ited water poi;nts so that traders can wash their hands
and workplaces and products frequently.
@ provide face masks, sanitSsisers and/or bleach as a matter of urgency.
e have a moratorium on all fees charged.
e be flexible about trading layouts so that street and market traders
can practise physical distancing.
® provide security, in coordination with other security services, in
trading areas and around spaza shops. This will assist people in
keeping the 2 metre social distance, but also deal with the risk of
looti:ng :in these ti° mes when some people are °in desperate need.
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