ED eases lockdown, letters no longer required

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa eased Covid19 lockdown measures announcing that schools and universities must prepare to open while the informal sector, industry and small businesses are now free to operate allowing the economy to reopen.

Zimbabwe has been under strict lockdown since January 5, 2021, as numbers of COVID-19 infections and deaths were soaring.

Thanks to falling case numbers and the success of our initial vaccination rollout, I can announce that Zimbabwe is revising its lockdown measures:

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