Mozambique: Bus Owners Go On Strike Against Social Distancing

Maputo — Maputo and the neighbouring city of Matola found themselves virtually without passenger transport on Monday morning, since bus owners had pulled their vehicles off the roads in protest at the social distancing measures imposed by the government under the current state of emergency.

In order to ensure that there is a distance between passengers, and reduce the likelihood of transmission of the Covid-19 respiratory disease, no bus or minibus may carry more than a third of the number of passengers for which it is licensed.

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