{"id":41912,"date":"2021-06-14T20:20:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T18:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=41912"},"modified":"2021-06-14T19:22:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T17:22:47","slug":"chiwenga-defends-irresponsible-cabinet-ministers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chiwenga-defends-irresponsible-cabinet-ministers","title":{"rendered":"Chiwenga Defends \u2018Irresponsible\u2019 Cabinet Ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Vice President and Health and Childcare Minister Constantino Chiwenga has defended the continued defiance of COVID-19 protocols by cabinet ministers at a time when the government has put in place strict COVID-19 measures.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Industry and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza and senior officials from her office posed for pictures with delegates from India, a COVID-19 hotspot, without wearing face masks and without observing social distancing.<\/p>\n<p>But responding to questions from NewsDay on why some ministers are not observing COVID-19 protocols, Chiwenga attempted to justify the officials\u2019 wayward behaviour. He said:<\/p>\n<p>You have seen people without masks when we go for photoshoots. We take off masks during that time. I don\u2019t think that is being irresponsible.<\/p>\n<p>However, former Health minister Henry Madzorera (MDC), described the goverment as \u201chypocritical\u201d for defending the reckless behaviour of senior government officials at a time when the country is staring at the third wave. Said Madzorera:<\/p>\n<p>They are hypocrites. They don\u2019t follow their own rules and you will see that at funerals. You noticed the complacency exhibited during the unveiling of the Mbuya Nehanda statue.<\/p>\n<p>We said people coming from India should be quarantined for 10 days, but the delegation just came in, there was no quarantine, they posed for pictures, there were no precautions taken.<\/p>\n<p>Chiwenga on Saturday announced a ban on gatherings, churches, sports and music following an increase in COVID-19 cases in the last seven days.<\/p>\n<p>596 new cases and 26 deaths were recorded last week and Chiwenga has accused ordinary Zimbabweans of being complacent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Vice President and Health and Childcare Minister Constantino Chiwenga has defended the continued defiance of COVID-19 protocols by cabinet ministers at a time when the government has put in place strict COVID-19 measures. 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