President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said that Zimbabwe will keep its borders open while screening of visitors will be intensified.
He made the remarks He made the announcement on Tuesday afternoon in a live broadcast in which he outlined a host of other measures as Zimbabwe ups the game in the global fight against coronavirus which has been so far declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization.
Zimbabwe has not recorded any case as yet but the effects are being felt hence to take measures including draconian ones such as complete Knock-down of cities and towns. He said:
Government has decided that the coronavirus pandemic be declared a national disaster…
Travellers from high-risk countries are urged to postpone their travel arrangements to Zimbabwe for the next 30 days starting from 20th of March 2020. Equally, Zimbabweans are discouraged from travelling to, through and from high-risk countries during the same period…
While all our major entry points into the country will remain operational, screening, testing, and other World Health Organisation recommended measures will be enforced vigorously.
All designated small border crossings will stand closed down from now until further notice …
He added that most of the small border crossings are ungazetted crossing points, which Zimbabwe is making sure are closed because there’s no infrastructure at those points.
He added that major borders, like Beitbridge, Plumtree, Victoria Falls, Forbes, Chirundu and so on, have not been closed, either on Zimbabwe’s side or on its neighbouring countries’ side.
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