The country’s COVID-19 infection rate appears to be increasing again. This after falling to its lowest level in past weeks.
Source: New lockdown looms in Zimbabwe | eNCA
Three weeks after relaxing the strict lockdown, the Zimbabwe government says it won’t hesitate to impose another one. eNCA correspondent Pindai Dube filed this report. Courtesy #DStv403
HARARE – Three weeks after relaxing the stringent lockdown, the Zimbabwe government says it won’t hesitate to impose another lockdown.
It’s warning citizens against being careless about coronavirus protocols.
The country’s COVID-19 infection rate appears to be increasing again.
This after falling to its lowest level in past weeks.
The country now has over 36,000 COVID-19 positive infections and over 1,500 deaths.
Meanwhile, government says it’s targeting to vaccinate 10-million people, including teachers who opened schools last week.
Zimbabwe received Sinopharm doses of COVID-19 vaccine from China recently
COMMENTS
Saturday 13th March figures for Coronavirus :
Infected 10, Recovered 8, Deaths 0.
Total infections over entire period since the beginning 36,662; Total recoveries since the beginning 34,257; Total deaths since the beginnig 1,510.
Such figures are not alarming and do not warrant another lockdown. Is the threat of a further lockdown due to external political pressure, or aimed at increasing media sales, or what? The latest figures do not warrant it.