The Environmental Health Officers Association (EHOAN) has said that the use of banks\u2019 Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) was a source of community transmission of coronavirus in Nigeria. Taiwo Awonuga, EHOA's Lagos chapter President, raised the alarm in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Friday. Awonuga urged the Presidential Task
The Environmental Health Officers Association has said that the use of banks’ Automated Teller Machines was a source of community transmission of coronavirus in Nigeria.
Awonuga urged the Presidential Task Force to immediately compel banks to open up more cash dispensing outlets to forestall the spread of the virus.He appealed to financial institutions to ensure their customers obey all safety guidelines. “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.
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