Post-COVID-19: Zim economy’s death?

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday extended the 21-day national lockdown to control COVID-19 spread by a further two weeks to May 3, but in his statement acknowledged that the fragile Zimbabwean economy had taken a hit – a big hit and recovery was going to be slow and painful.

Many countries across the globe introduced lockdowns to flatten the curve of COVID-19 pandemic infections. The pandemic to date has infected over 2,5 million people and caused nearly 180 000 deaths worldwide (mostly the poor working class and blacks disproportionately) as of yesterday afternoon.

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