The study presents the various ways through which food vendors around major bus stands in Dar es Salaam cope with stresses resulted from COVID-19 transmission preventive guidelines. Specifically, the study identifies the adopted coping strategies, analyses the effects of the coping strategies opted on the well-being of food vendors. It also determines existing government efforts to support meaningful implementation of the guidelines. Through a cross-sectional study design, qualitative and quantitative data was collected from 160 respondents and 16 key informants using a structured questionnaire and a checklist of items, respectively.
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