CONTROVERSIAL Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi Thursday torched a social media storm when he suggested men should stop hiring sex workers as a form of trying to minimise the possible outbreak and spread of the deadly coronavirus in the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we launch the Coronavirus National Preparedness Campaign, we are discouraging close personal contact in queues including the hiring of sex workers,\u201d Mutodi said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSex workers are at high risk of person to person transmission and can spread the virus quickly in urban areas and growth points.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, his comments invited a backlash from Twitter users who reminded the government official coronavirus was not a sexually transmitted ailment.<\/p>\n
\u201cSex workers are at high risk of person to person transmission, Mr Mutodi this is a virus and it is a pandemic and it\u2019s not sexually transmitted. Stop politics and start educating people properly and protecting them all equally,\u201d @crimsontazvinzwa posted.<\/p>\n
Brian Rupiya posted, \u201cMutodi never disappoints, he wants to trend more than Corona.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRather talk about public gathering sex workers do not work in publics. What the obsession with sex workers,\u201d @Aspire added, while Flora Ruramai said, \u201cI think you should abstain from sex, including sex with small houses.\u201d<\/p>\n
Others felt the Zanu PF loyalist should instead try to proffer advice on how millions of locals who endure long fuel, roller meal and cash queues as a direct result of poor leadership by Zimbabwean rulers, could help their situation.<\/p>\n
Other felt Mutodi\u2019s comments were a continuation of apparent insensitivity shown by some Zanu PF politicians towards those tormented by the rampaging disease.<\/p>\n
This comes after Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri said last week the coronavirus was a curse imposed by God on western countries that imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n
\u201cShut up Muchinguri said it\u2019s for US sanctions, are you happy that people are dying,\u201d @Frank posted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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