Following the national preventive measures aimed at liming the spread of COVID-19 and strengthening the national preparedness level, the Syrian Society for Social Development in cooperation with the United Nations high Commissioner for Refugees conducted a community- led initiative “Maintain Social Distancing” targeting public bakery ovens (Sett Zainab), at which low-income people stand in queues.

Not only did the team raise the awareness level of people about the importance of maintaining social distancing, but they also distributed face masks and gloves and sterilized the hands of the bakery workers and the customers.

Further, the team glued informative posters around the targeted public bakery ovens. The posters illustrated preventive measures, the correct way of washing hands, the correct way of wearing face masks and when to wear them? How does the disease spread?