Zimbabwe’s government extended the country’s Level 4 lockdown that was instated on January 5 until February 15.
President and Minister of Health and Child Care, Constantino Chiwenga, said the country’s recovery rate has gone up from an all-time low of 54% to 75%.
‘Even though the numbers we are losing to the pandemic are falling, we bemoan the fact that Zimbabweans are dying at home,’ said Chiwenga according to Tourism Update.
Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe. Credit: Scott Ramsay.
Zimbabwe’s current lockdown restrictions entail a strict ban on inter-city leisure travel, as well as a ban on alcohol sales. However, tourist facilities and national parks are open to visitors.
‘With Valentine’s Day around the corner, as an industry we were hoping to pick a few numbers from our domestic market coming on weekend getaways with their spouses or loved one,’ Victoria Falls Anytime Tours Manager Sinini Mthimkhulu said.
‘We are hopeful that by the Easter holidays the infection curve will have flattened and most people would have received the vaccine, hence we might have the increased activity and mileage that we need to keep our operations afloat,’ she added.
Zimbabwe has a total of 33,708 COVID-19 cases and 1,251 deaths as of February 2 2021.
