{"id":27665,"date":"2020-09-14T20:22:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T18:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=27665"},"modified":"2020-09-14T20:22:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T18:22:48","slug":"zimbabwe-tobacco-has-kept-covid-at-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-tobacco-has-kept-covid-at-bay","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe: Tobacco Has Kept Covid at Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe has kept Covid-19 at bay during the 2020 tobacco selling season, reports\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sundaymail.co.zw\/tobacco-keeps-covid-19-at-arms-length\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Sunday Mail<\/em><\/a>. According to the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB), here have been no reported cases of infection at tobacco auction floors since marketing began on April 29.<\/p>\n<p>Tobacco sales have traditionally concentrated in the Zimbabwe\u2019s capital, Harare. To prevent spread of the coronavirus, the TIMB distributed sales throughout the country. Sales this year also took place in Manicaland, Mashonaland West and Mashonaland Central. The Boka Tobacco Floors, for example, established new sales floors in Karoi, Mvurwi and Rusape.<\/p>\n<p>The TIMB also banned informal trading outside the sales venues. Farmers were not allowed to sleep outside the floors while waiting to sell the commodity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am pleased to say that there has been no confirmed case(s) of the coronavirus infection at all the floors. As the tobacco industry regulator, we put in place strict measures that are meant to curb the spread of the disease, and it has worked thus far,\u201d said TIMB chief executive officer Andrew Matibiri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe has kept Covid-19 at bay during the 2020 tobacco selling season, reports\u00a0The Sunday Mail. According to the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB), here have been no reported cases of infection at tobacco auction floors since marketing began on April 29. Tobacco sales have traditionally concentrated in the Zimbabwe\u2019s capital, Harare. 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