Zimbabwe lifts all Covid-19 restrictive measures

HARARE, Zimbabwe - The Zimbabwean government on Wednesday lifted all measures that it had put in place to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic after the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the pandemic no longer a public health emergency of international concern, reported Xinhua.

The decision was announced by Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa during a post-cabinet media briefing on Wednesday.

"After the World Health Organisation released a statement indicating that Covid-19 no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, the government has directed that the mandatory wearing of face masks be lifted, all border measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 be lifted with immediate effect and tourists should no longer be required to produce Covid-19 vaccination certificates at ports of entry or at tourist resorts around the country," Mutsvangwa said.

As of May 3, there have been 264,685 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Zimbabwe, with 5,686 deaths reported to the WHO.

As of April 29, a total of 13,935,112 vaccine doses have been administered in the country, the WHO said. - BERNAMA-XINHUA