Mnangagwa said public gatherings of more than 50 people and the use of public taxis remain suspended, while schools will remain closed. The southern African nation first announced a three-week lockdown in March and then extended that, prior to the latest extension. The lockdown has shuttered an economy struggling with acute shortages of foreign currency, food, electricity and medicines. “The package is proportionate to the disruption the virus has caused to the national economy,” he said in a televised speech. Read Now »Zimbabwe has recorded 40 cases of the new coronavirus and four deaths so far.

Source: Standard Digital May 02, 2020 08:03 UTC