Zimbabwe imposes curfew and tightens lockdown as Covid-19 infections rise

President Emmerson Mnangagwa announces dusk-to-dawn curfew and reinstates strict measures as coronavirus cases spike

Harare —

The number of cases recorded in the country, whose health system has been tottering from years of neglect, rose by nearly a third over the past week to 1,713 cases. The number of official deaths climbed from 18 to 26. “These urgent and necessary measures will entail curtailing the freedoms we have always enjoyed and grown accustomed to.”Mnangagwa said “all non-working” people will be required to stay at home and may only go out to buy groceries and seek health care.

Mnangagwa initially imposed a 21-day lockdown on March 30, banning large gatherings and ordering most businesses to close except food shops in a move aimed at curbing the spread of the virus.

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