COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK: MANAGEMENT OF CDS HUMAN RESOURCES LTD DISTRIBUTES HAND SANITIZERS TO KEEP ALL WORKERS SAFE Globally, as of March 17, 2020, 184,037 persons have been tested positive for COVID- 19, 79,927 recovered and 7,182 total confirmed deaths due to CORONAVIRUS (Last updated: Worldometer Last updated: March 17, 2020, 10:15 GMT). As of the 12 of March 2020, there are 147 confirmed cases in Africa in 15 countries, and four COVID-19-related deaths (Statistics from WHO). 5 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Cameroon by the Minister of Public Health MANAOUDA Malachie. The steady increase of victims of the deadly virus has called for an increase in preventive measures. In Super Markets, Hotels, Shops, and Cinema Halls, users are obliged to use hand sanitizers and/or wash their hands at all entry and exit points. CDS Human Resources Ltd, one of the leading Manpower Supply Companies in Cameroon, Central, and West Africa is taking stringent measures to ensure the protection of all its workers (Internal and External) from the wild spreading CORONAVIRUS. This Monday, March 16, 2020, the Management Team of CDS HR Ltd and its Health Consultant have distributed hand sanitizers to all its staff and sent to all external staff on the company’s payroll system working for other companies. Two hand-washing points have been installed at the office headquarters in Douala so that visitors and staff can properly wash their hands with soup before interacting with each other. Workers have been advised to keep a distance of at least 1 meter when conversing with each other or any guest who visits the office premises. These measures the general manager insists, are not to stigmatize one another but to ensure that all persons around the premises of CDS Human Resources Ltd stay Safe from the deadly COVID-I9. CDS Human Resources Ltd is calling on all companies to take similar measures so that their workers can be safe; for a healthy worker is a profitable worker.
