Government has, with immediate effect, directed all local
authorities to allow health institutions under their jurisdiction to be used by
the Ministry of Health and Child Care for Covid-19 response.
The pandemic has to date killed three people in Zimbabwe.
Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo has
since written to local authorities directing them to do a handover\takeover of
the institutions with the Ministry of Health and Child Care.
In a letter addressed to all mayors, town council and
chairpersons of rural local authorities, Minister Moyo said the decision was
reached as a result of the intensity and magnitude posed by Covid-19.
Minister Moyo said while a declaration of State of Disaster
is in force, civil protection officers were empowered to take possession or
control of any land or other property whatsoever for the purpose of dealing
with the situation.
He said following the declaration of the State of Disaster
regarding the Covid-19 pandemic by President Mnangagwa, Government is taking
all necessary measures to strengthen coordination and response mechanisms at
all levels.
“Given the magnitude and intensity posed by Covid-19
pandemic on public health and the economy at large, I am invoking Section 23 of
the Civil Protection Act Chapter 10:06 of 1989 to empower all Provincial
Development Coordinators to requisition all designated health facilities within
their areas of jurisdiction for immediate use by the Ministry of Health and
Child Care,” he said.
Minister Moyo said the exercise should be done immediately. Herald
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