Zimbabwe’s Covid-19 lockdown has been extended by two weeks, ending on May 3.
Making the announcement on television, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said: “It has been a hard decision.”
“The country is yet to meet the conditions for the lifting of the lockdown which is when the transmission of the virus is fairly under control. Guided by these realities, government has decided to extend, with immediate effect, a national lockdown by a further 14 days, up to May 3, 2020,” Mnangagwa said.
The Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce in its report on the Covid-19’s affect on the economy says 75% of informal jobs would be lost while 25% of mainstream employment will be cut during the lockdown. Zimbabwe is hard pressed for forex and government operations have been compromised because revenue collection has been greatly compromised.
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