'If you are a government employee, for the protection of others and the people you are serving, get vaccinated.' zimbabwe covid19 stateworkers vaccine
Harare - Zimbabwe's government on Tuesday said it would force unvaccinated civil servants and teachers to resign in a bid to ramp up the uptake of Covid-19 jabs.
Those measures have sparked outrage and overwhelmed thinly supplied inoculation centres, where it is not uncommon to find people queueing as early as 4 am to secure a jab. "But if you want to enjoy your rights... you can resign," he added, noting that the same would apply to teachers.Zimbabwe counts around 300,000 civil servants including some 100,000 teachers.
Just over 2.7 million of Zimbabwe's 15 million inhabitants have so far received a first vaccine dose.
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