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Virus Endemic(part One)
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“Isn’t this exciting?” My best friend’s excited eyes flit around the dazzling stores on the main street.
“I suppose so.”
My unenthusiastic reply had her turning to me with a frown. “What’s the matter? Aren’t you happy to be out shopping after so many months?”
I shook my head feeling miserable. I could feel the panic rise up so I pretended to search my pockets for my sanitizer. When I found it I poured it liberally over my hands and rubbed them together. There was no room for error, the virus was still around... and there shouldn't be any need to relent in any safety precautions at the moment. The number of cases for the Gene-05 virus is on the increase in Nigeria but the government are ensuring the safety of the citizens, now shops and markets are open only for a few hours.
The time on my brown strap wrist watch says it's 12 noon, which means I just have three more hours to visit the stores, because all shops and markets will be closed by three pm in the afternoon.
"c'mon Mary let's shop quickly and leave immediately" I told my best friend who is still very much excited that the government has eased off the lockdown
"gal you are so cautious, can't you see how everyone is free and happy as if there isn't any so called virus affecting people, so just relax and let's enjoy this shopping after four months of intensive lockdown" she said smiling and leading the way to one of the stores that sells groceries and I followed her still wondering how she could be so carefree with such an important issue. Mary has always been saying that Gene-05 virus does not exist, she says she can't believe what she has not seen , most especially the number of cases recorded in Nigeria.
"please put your nose mask on" the security personnel at the store entrance ordered us, actually it was Mary in particular since I had mine . Mary rolled her eyes and brought the nose mask from her pink purse , after she was done wearing it we washed our hands and went inside. On getting inside the store,she removed her nose mask
"Mary don't do that, put your nose mask on"
"I can't breathe with this and why will I be wearing a nose mask like a surgeon in the operating theater, just let me be". I ignored her and went on to shop and at the same time being careful on having any contact with people and any public surface.
Just then a tall man who is dark in complexion walked into the store, I don't know what caught my attention to him but I had doubts about him. As he walked around the store doing what everyone else was doing, he slipped his hands out of his gloves and was touching things around the store when a middle aged woman and her sixteen years old daughter passed him and he intentionally pushed them making there goods to fall and he offered to helped them but as he helped them he made sure he touched their skin.
He did it on purpose and I could see it, the woman gave him a bad look and left he immediately wipe beads of sweat on his face with his hands which he used to touch people in the stores. He went to another end of the hall and I lost sight of him or what he must have done.
To be continued....
this is a work of fiction and the Gene-05 virus does not exist. I hope you liked the first part please do like and comment.
© Eze chidinma Prudence
“Isn’t this exciting?” My best friend’s excited eyes flit around the dazzling stores on the main street.
“I suppose so.”
My unenthusiastic reply had her turning to me with a frown. “What’s the matter? Aren’t you happy to be out shopping after so many months?”
I shook my head feeling miserable. I could feel the panic rise up so I pretended to search my pockets for my sanitizer. When I found it I poured it liberally over my hands and rubbed them together. There was no room for error, the virus was still around... and there shouldn't be any need to relent in any safety precautions at the moment. The number of cases for the Gene-05 virus is on the increase in Nigeria but the government are ensuring the safety of the citizens, now shops and markets are open only for a few hours.
The time on my brown strap wrist watch says it's 12 noon, which means I just have three more hours to visit the stores, because all shops and markets will be closed by three pm in the afternoon.
"c'mon Mary let's shop quickly and leave immediately" I told my best friend who is still very much excited that the government has eased off the lockdown
"gal you are so cautious, can't you see how everyone is free and happy as if there isn't any so called virus affecting people, so just relax and let's enjoy this shopping after four months of intensive lockdown" she said smiling and leading the way to one of the stores that sells groceries and I followed her still wondering how she could be so carefree with such an important issue. Mary has always been saying that Gene-05 virus does not exist, she says she can't believe what she has not seen , most especially the number of cases recorded in Nigeria.
"please put your nose mask on" the security personnel at the store entrance ordered us, actually it was Mary in particular since I had mine . Mary rolled her eyes and brought the nose mask from her pink purse , after she was done wearing it we washed our hands and went inside. On getting inside the store,she removed her nose mask
"Mary don't do that, put your nose mask on"
"I can't breathe with this and why will I be wearing a nose mask like a surgeon in the operating theater, just let me be". I ignored her and went on to shop and at the same time being careful on having any contact with people and any public surface.
Just then a tall man who is dark in complexion walked into the store, I don't know what caught my attention to him but I had doubts about him. As he walked around the store doing what everyone else was doing, he slipped his hands out of his gloves and was touching things around the store when a middle aged woman and her sixteen years old daughter passed him and he intentionally pushed them making there goods to fall and he offered to helped them but as he helped them he made sure he touched their skin.
He did it on purpose and I could see it, the woman gave him a bad look and left he immediately wipe beads of sweat on his face with his hands which he used to touch people in the stores. He went to another end of the hall and I lost sight of him or what he must have done.
To be continued....
this is a work of fiction and the Gene-05 virus does not exist. I hope you liked the first part please do like and comment.
© Eze chidinma Prudence
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