{"id":50624,"date":"2021-11-30T23:20:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T21:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=50624"},"modified":"2021-11-30T23:20:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T21:20:29","slug":"zimbabwe-orders-14-day-travel-quarantine-to-curb-omicron-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-orders-14-day-travel-quarantine-to-curb-omicron-cases","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe Orders 14-Day Travel Quarantine to Curb Omicron Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press-Zimbabwe Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has imposed a 14-day mandatory quarantine of all travelers entering the southern African nation including returning residents, in a bid to halt the spread of the omicron variant.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50379\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/11\/img-61a110cc6abe4.jpg\" alt=\"UK Bans Flights From Zimbabwe Over New COVID-19 Variant Concerns\" width=\"720\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/11\/img-61a110cc6abe4.jpg 720w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/11\/img-61a110cc6abe4-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll returning residents and visitors have to undergo PCR testing, and will be quarantined at own cost, for days recommended by WHO, even if they present negative PCR test results from elsewhere,\u201d Mnangagwa said in televised address on the state broadcaster on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50626\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/11\/thumbs_b_c_02c2fdf64cac362959819159ebe94d62.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/11\/thumbs_b_c_02c2fdf64cac362959819159ebe94d62.jpg 864w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/11\/thumbs_b_c_02c2fdf64cac362959819159ebe94d62-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/11\/thumbs_b_c_02c2fdf64cac362959819159ebe94d62-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50625\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/11\/thumbs_b_c_2a33036f8106eb72d8d1d4e979200d39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/11\/thumbs_b_c_2a33036f8106eb72d8d1d4e979200d39.jpg 864w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/11\/thumbs_b_c_2a33036f8106eb72d8d1d4e979200d39-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/11\/thumbs_b_c_2a33036f8106eb72d8d1d4e979200d39-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"outstream-video-1-R3EBMTDWX2PU01\" class=\"outstream-ad outstream-ad--default paywall display\" role=\"presentation\" data-position=\"outstream-video\" data-ad-placeholder=\"Advertisement\" data-ad-status=\"rendered\">\n<div id=\"fcc6a01b57288ae9884f497e8c04f8e7\" class=\"bb-ads__ad bb-ads__rendered\" data-google-query-id=\"CKGukf6AwfQCFUYDPwoduooIeQ\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press-Zimbabwe Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has imposed a 14-day mandatory quarantine of all travelers entering the southern African nation including returning residents, in a bid to halt the spread of the omicron variant. \u201cAll returning residents and visitors have to undergo PCR testing, and will be quarantined at own cost, for days recommended by WHO, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":43167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[1157,1197],"class_list":{"0":"post-50624","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-photo","9":"tag-air-zimbabwe","10":"tag-air-zimbabwe-flights"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - 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