THE Government has hinted on enforcing a full-scale
lockdown in Harare and Bulawayo as the number of people confirmed with the
Covid-19 pandemic in the two cities continue to escalate.
In the past couple of days, the two cities have recorded 86
cases with Bulawayo having the bulk of the new cases at 81. To date Harare
remains the epicenter of the pandemic in the country, with 250 cases while
Bulawayo is second with 154 confirmed cases.
Posting on his Twitter account on Wednesday, permanent secretary
in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Mr Nick
Mangwana said with the number of new cases in the two cities, if government
considers more drastic measures to contain the pandemic a full-scale lockdown
will only apply in the two cities.
“Harare has the vast majority of positive Covid-19 cases.
Yesterday (Tuesday), Bulawayo recorded 30 of the 53 positive cases. If there is
any scaling up of containment measures, a more surgical approach is better. It
means full scale lockdown should only apply to Harare and Bulawayo,” wrote Mr
Mangwana.
A couple of months ago, President Mnangagwa downscaled the
national lockdown top level two thereby allowing the opening of industry and
commerce. The President further declared that the lockdown will be extended
indefinitely with fortnightly reviews being given to assess the achievements or
lack of in government’s fight against the spread of the pandemic.
Meanwhile, according to the latest figures released by the
Ministry of Health and Child Care, as of Wednesday the country recorded 98 new
confirmed cases bringing the national total to 885.
“Ninety-eight cases tested positive for Covid-19 today
(Wednesday). These include returnees from Botswana (28), South Africa (22),
Swaziland (one) and 47 local cases who are all isolated.
“43 of the local cases are contacts of known confirmed
cases, investigations are underway to establish the source of infection of the
other four local cases. To date the total number of confirmed cases is 885,
recovered 206, active 670 and nine deaths since the onset of the outbreak on 20
March 2020,” reads the update.
Bulawayo tops the number of positive cases that were
recorded on Wednesday at 51. Sunday News
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