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The Ethiopian government and the influarous are cooperating to review the markets of the teddy city and establish impermanent markets to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 from the four urban areas.

As indicated by a UN-Habitat Public Declaration yesterday, a group of UN-Habitat Urban Organizers visited some regular markets in Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar, Hawassa and Adama. The business sectors, which sell food, vegetables and different products, from time to time, even those away, are as open and extremely affectionate.

The organizers have proposed new structures by merging physical separation, handwashing stations, scindia compartments and controlled access to business sectors. In addition, they recommended the presentation of brief markets in certain open spaces.

The Ministry of Urban Development Building in Ethiopia has adopted the new rules and structures of the open market refueling plan that will be promoted a week from now on by the Minister and UN-Habitat with the mayors of the urban communities included.

"For and large open markets are very stuffed, since they are not organized properly, except if they are updated, this type of business sectors can introduce a high danger of spreading infection," said Thomas Chiramba from the African Regional Office of Africa. The UN-Habitat.

"The mediation of the UN-Habitat in the review and improvement of the business sectors will not decrease the danger of Covid-19, it will help support the vocation of individuals."

The planning of the rules and structures for re-orchestrate the open markets is one of the reaction of the UN-Habitat to Covid-19 in Ethiopia. Likewise, hand washing offices have been established at the Bashe Dumpsite, which covers around 36 hectares to prevent the diffusion of Covid-19.