{"id":32065,"date":"2021-01-02T21:16:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T19:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=32065"},"modified":"2021-01-02T18:25:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T16:25:38","slug":"covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Zanu PF, MDC-T Blamed For New Year Gatherings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>By Anna Chibamu<\/b> – THE Zimbabwe Senior Hospital Doctors Association (ZSHDA) has raised alarm over perceived recklessness exhibited by political parties and general revellers who disregarded Covid-19 restrictions through gathering in large numbers over the past few days.<\/p>\n

The doctors are also concerned Zimbabwe is under a serious threat from the new Covid-19 variant discovered last month in South Africa where a large number of Zimbabweans living and working there are back home for the festive holidays.<\/p>\n

The requirement for travellers to produce valid Covid-19 negative certificates when exiting South Africa has also been removed by that country\u2019s government to ease congestion at the Beitbridge Border Post.<\/p>\n

However, in statement Friday, ZSHDA secretary-general Aaron Musara said the senior doctors were concerned that Zimbabwe was now exposed to the new severe pandemic variant.<\/p>\n

\u201cZimbabwe is under serious risk from the Covid-19 strain detected in South Africa. The removal of the requirement for Covid-19 certificates for crossing via the Beitbridge Border Post exposes our nation to a severe pandemic,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat combined with various socio-political events that were lined up for this festive season may mean there is super spreading going on now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last Sunday, the MDC-T held its extraordinary congress to elect a new president to replace the late founder leader Morgan Tsvangirai. The event was held at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) and was attended by over 1 000 delegates.<\/p>\n

Former MDC-T interim president Thokozani Khupe who was one of the presidential candidates, on Wednesday announced she had tested Covid-19 positive.<\/p>\n

Also last week, Zanu PF held a Central Committee meeting at the party headquarters in Harare where President Emmerson Mnangagwa gave a keynote address.<\/p>\n

One of the delegates at the meeting Zanu PF\u2019s UK\/EU district chair, Masimba Tawengwa Thursday succumbed to Covid-19 at the Arundel hospital in Harare after testing positive soon after leaving the caucus.<\/p>\n

Pictures have also gone viral showing thousands of party-goers gathered in public places celebrating the New Year across the country. Most of the revellers have not been observing social distancing or wearing face masks.<\/p>\n

A live musical show was held in Mbare hostels in Harare and was attended by over 2 000 people on New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p>\n

ZSHDA\u2019s Musara said there was need for enforcement of Covid-19 mitigation measures to halt the spread of Covid-19 with figures Thursday showing that 363 people had succumbed to the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is great need for enforcement of the Covid-19 mitigation measures while encouraging the public to observe the preventive measures for their own good. Our end-of-January to beginning-of-February do not look good from the current spread of the disease.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neighbouring South Africa has detected a new coronavirus variant, which scientists fear spreads and kills faster than the first strain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. By Anna Chibamu – THE Zimbabwe Senior Hospital Doctors Association (ZSHDA) has raised alarm over perceived recklessness exhibited by political parties and general revellers who disregarded Covid-19 restrictions through gathering in large numbers over the past few days. The doctors are also concerned Zimbabwe is under a serious threat from the new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":32064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2189,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-32065","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-policy","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"\nCovid-19: Zanu PF, MDC-T Blamed For New Year Gatherings - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Anna Chibamu - THE Zimbabwe Senior Hospital Doctors Association (ZSHDA) has raised alarm over perceived reckle ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Covid-19: Zanu PF, MDC-T Blamed For New Year Gatherings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Anna Chibamu - THE Zimbabwe Senior Hospital Doctors Association (ZSHDA) has raised alarm over perceived reckle ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-02T19:16:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-01-02T16:25:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/01\/img-5ff09e65beba6.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"680\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"380\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings\",\"name\":\"Covid-19: Zanu PF, MDC-T Blamed For New Year Gatherings - zimbabwe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/01\/img-5ff09e65beba6.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-02T19:16:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-02T16:25:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\"},\"description\":\"By Anna Chibamu - THE Zimbabwe Senior Hospital Doctors Association (ZSHDA) has raised alarm over perceived reckle ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/01\/img-5ff09e65beba6.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/01\/img-5ff09e65beba6.jpg\",\"width\":680,\"height\":380,\"caption\":\"Covid-19: Zanu PF, MDC-T Blamed For New Year Gatherings\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Covid-19: Zanu PF, MDC-T Blamed For New Year Gatherings\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\",\"name\":\"zimbabwe\",\"description\":\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Covid-19: Zanu PF, MDC-T Blamed For New Year Gatherings - zimbabwe","description":"By Anna Chibamu - THE Zimbabwe Senior Hospital Doctors Association (ZSHDA) has raised alarm over perceived reckle ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Covid-19: Zanu PF, MDC-T Blamed For New Year Gatherings","og_description":"By Anna Chibamu - THE Zimbabwe Senior Hospital Doctors Association (ZSHDA) has raised alarm over perceived reckle ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings","og_site_name":"zimbabwe","article_published_time":"2021-01-02T19:16:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-01-02T16:25:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":680,"height":380,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/01\/img-5ff09e65beba6.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings","name":"Covid-19: Zanu PF, MDC-T Blamed For New Year Gatherings - zimbabwe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/01\/img-5ff09e65beba6.jpg","datePublished":"2021-01-02T19:16:24+00:00","dateModified":"2021-01-02T16:25:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4"},"description":"By Anna Chibamu - THE Zimbabwe Senior Hospital Doctors Association (ZSHDA) has raised alarm over perceived reckle ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/01\/img-5ff09e65beba6.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/01\/img-5ff09e65beba6.jpg","width":680,"height":380,"caption":"Covid-19: Zanu PF, MDC-T Blamed For New Year Gatherings"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/covid-19-zanu-pf-mdc-t-blamed-for-new-year-gatherings#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Covid-19: Zanu PF, MDC-T Blamed For New Year Gatherings"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/","name":"zimbabwe","description":"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}