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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Vice President Constantino Chiwenga who doubles as the Minister of Health and Child Care imposed a lockdown on Kwekwe, a city in Midlands after a COVID-19 scare and now a protest has been launched.<\/p>\n

The lockdown came after a coronavirus variant first detected in India was detected in the gold mining town and over a dozen people including the family of a returnee from India had contracted the variant.<\/p>\n

Some who are opposed to the Kwekwe lockdown launched a protest saying the move was not warranted considering that the whole of the Midlands province has only 25 active cases.<\/p>\n

They observe that Harare which has 384, Bulawayo 74 and Matebeleland North which has 58 were never put under lockdown.<\/p>\n

There has been an increase of only seven cases in the Midlands over the past week though no new case was reported Saturday.<\/p>\n

The lockdown in Kwekwe effective from 21 May entails:<\/p>\n

One commentator said:<\/p>\n

_I\u2019m puzzled, the intention is good but The so-called \u2018source\u2019 didn\u2019t land in Kwekwe, they arrived in a plane load of people at the airport in Harare, where they were attended to by several people to facilitate their entry. Then there\u2019s Inter city travel; we recess in Kwekwe._<\/b><\/p>\n

Others complained that political elites were roaming around as if COVID-19 never existed.<\/p>\n

Authorities argue that the lockdown is a precautionary measure since the variant has exhibited that it can spread rapidly, therefore, the protest might result in authorities reversing the decree.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, pictures that are circulating on social media suggest that it is business as usual in Kwekwe.<\/p>\n

More: Pindula News; InsiderZim<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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