PRESS RELEASE
19/April/2020
SLAJ Launches ‘Wear A Mask’ Campaign
The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) today, Sunday, 19th April, 2020, officially launches the ‘Wear A Mask’ campaign to support the Government of Sierra Leone in encouraging everybody in the country to wear a face mask when going out in public.
When you wear a mask you help protect yourself and others from contracting and spreading the Coronavirus disease.
The use of mask is partly responsible for low infection rate in other countries, especially in Asia.
Therefore, we call on every journalist and the general public to ensure you wear a face mask when you go out in public.
However, this campaign does not replace other preventive measures such as washing your hands with soap and clean water regularly, staying at home if you don’t have anything important to do outside, maintaining social distancing and calling 117 or go to the hospital when you have fever or difficulty in breathing. They all go together.
Wear a mask, stop the spread.
Sign:
Mohamed Asmieu Bah
NATIONAL SECRETARY GENERAL
