The Economic Committee calls for limiting the use of banknotes to reduce corona risks
Today, the Supreme Economic Committee called on all government agencies and organizations working in the field of providing cash aid, merchants, and citizens to reduce the use of banknotes, and the trend towards the use of electronic money in light of the increasing number of cases infected with the Corona virus around the world.
The Economic Committee, in a statement received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), commended the preventive measures and precautionary measures taken by the Supreme Committee for Combating Epidemics, with the aim of confronting the Corona virus, after it was classified as a global epidemic by the World Health Organization.
She pointed out that these measures stem from the awareness and eagerness of the political leadership on the people of the people by taking all available measures, and be careful and cautious about all the causes and factors that could lead to the spread of the epidemic, especially in light of the damage caused by the aggression in the infrastructure and the systematic targeting of the facilities. Medicinal use, and the blockade that prevents the arrival of medicines and medical solutions.
The committee said, “A sense of national responsibility and awareness of the Supreme Economic Committee, what might be caused by crowding out of the masses of citizens to exchange cash aid centers in particular, and the treatment of citizens with paper cash in general, from health damages that contribute greatly to the possibility of the spread of the virus if it appears, God forbid; it Invites all government agencies and organizations working in the field of providing financial aid, as well as all merchants, financial men and businesses, and all citizens to limit the use of banknotes, and the trend towards the use of electronic money instead of it.
The committee emphasized that our country has made great strides in the field of electronic cash, and has possessed advanced cash circulation methods, an effective electronic control system, and 100% cash coverage and under the supervision and supervision of the Central Bank of Yemen.
