Zimbabwe to impose 21-day nationwide lockdown from Monday
Africa
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Thomson Reuters Foundation
| Mar 27, 2020
Zimbabwe will impose a nationwide lockdown for 21 days from Monday to help curb the spread of coronavirus, President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured) said on Friday.
Only state and health workers will be exempted from the lockdown, Mnangagwa said. Zimbabwe has five confirmed coronavirus cases, including one death.
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