Chamisa yesterday told NewsDay that the COVID-19 situation
in the country was getting out of hand, thus the need for a more serious
approach to deal with the pandemic instead of politicking at a time when the
deadly disease has killed over 2 600 people in Zimbabwe.
“It can’t be business as usual. It is business unusual,”
Chamisa said. “Take every place as a potential hotspot and every gathering as a
super spreader.
“There must be a very clear programme of action, and I get
disturbed with the situation in hospitals. There are no oxygen facilities in
many of them and the poor are exposed.”
He added: “It is expensive to get admitted in a hospital
these days and how many people can afford it? The situation is dire, especially
in rural areas. Families are affected and it is a real emergency, a real
disaster that requires self-leadership.
“This thing of seeking to weaponise COVID-19 is an act of
desperation. You can’t seek to profit from a dire situation like this that is
threatening to wipe out a whole nation, a generation.”
The MDC Alliance leader said the situation at public
hospitals was dire, hence the need to improve the health delivery system in the
country. “It’s only in a banana republic where there is an attempt to make
COVID-19 a victory,” Chamisa said.
He said authorities should address the public transport
disaster as thousands of Zimbabweans continued to be exposed in queues and in
Zupco buses that were allowed to operate, but are overwhelmed due to high
demand.
“This is a proper case of emergency and the nation must now
be in a crisis mode. We can’t be in a lackadaisical mode, and we have to change
the way we do things,” he said. Newsday
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