Highlights of Vice President Chiwenga’s press statement on lockdown:
• Stiff lockdown with immediate effect
• Only essential services to remain open
• Gatherings of not more than 30 people at funerals
• Weddings, funerals, gyms, restaurants, bars etc banned for 30 days
• Correct wearing of face masks, social distancing, hand sanitization and temp checks to be strictly enforced
• Other commercial services mining, manufacturing and agriculture to operate as before
• Open from 8am and close at 3pm
• People must stay at home save for buying food or medicines etc
• Curfew 6pm to 6am
• Air transport to continue as before
• Formal business and registered informal traders suspended for 30 days
• Only exam classes are to open now
• facilities and national parks to operate subject to usual health conditions
• Cross boarded traders banned save for commercial and transit cargo for essential and critical services
• Restaurants and bars closed for 30 days.