''Corona Voice'' - Angola. The tok show with Sofonie Dala. Webisode 12

COVID-19 has rapidly affected our day to day life, businesses, disrupted the world trade and movements. Identification of the disease at an early stage is vital to control the spread of the virus.

 This virus creates significant knock-on effects on the daily life of citizens, as well as about the global economy.

Our today's guest is Donaldo, he will share with us the challenges he faces during the time of Covid-19 pandemic.

 Good afternoon! My name is Donaldo Pereira. Today I am here to talk about how the Coronavirus affected me.

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected me in many ways. In the student context, I lost access to the media library and library and not only, it also became difficult to take the transport to be able to reach the University without delay.

In the social context, it affected my work a lot. Getting to the workplace early has not been easy because taxicabs are scarce. Moreover, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought several particularities that I could observe: 

First, to be able to buy products on the market has also been very difficult. Some traders have taken advantage of the pandemic to raise the prices of products in a way they want, this hurts me a lot as a buyer;

Second, people are not using the precautionary measures correctly so that we can fight the virus. For example, when I get on public transport I meet many people without wearing masks and some even say that Covid-19 does not exist.

I think our government should take tougher preventive measures, not only by fining people because I think the fine is not the ideal measure but also by creating stricter measures so that people can be aware of the consequences of their actions.

One of the many consequences of the COVID-19 crisis is the disruption of supply chains. Together with increased demand, this has led to shortages in a number of essential products. These shortages are influencing the behaviour of firms and  have led to exploitative prices in some cases.

We launched the “Corona Voice show” campaign to provide a space for young women and men around Angola to share their views, experiences and initiatives.

One of the main tasks of the show is to refute the saying "you can't help things with a word." The heroes of the program are the most ordinary citizens - they share with the audience their songs, poems and real stories of how the Coronavirus pandemic affected their lives.

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