By BUUMBA CHIMBULUA regional electronic Corridor Trip Monitoring System (CTMS) is one of the immediate remedial response to Covid-19 in an effort to improve border transactions, says Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).CTMS was approved last year by the tripartite group to allow cross border road transport operators, drivers, regulators and law enforcement agencies to record and monitor driver wellness data such as Covid-19 test results.COMESA Secretary General, Chileshe Kapwepwe, said the Covid-19 pandemic had exposed the shortcomings of the African health infrastructure and the fragility of the transport sector.Ms Kapwepwe therefore citied the CTMS as one of the immediate remedial response to the pandemic.She said this in her address to the 12th join meeting conducted virtually for COMESA’s ministers of infrastructure.“The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the shortcomings of the African health infrastructure, the fragility of the transport sector (especially the aviation sector) and the vital role that ICT sector plays in sustaining […]
COMESA PUTS UP COVID DATA MONITORING SYSTEM
