Zimbabwe announces 10-day mandatory quarantine to curb Omicron variant

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The mandatory quarantine is regardless of a PCR test result.

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“All 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,” Mnangagwa said in a televised address.Mnangagwa added that Zimbabwe faces an “added risk” of the new variant.

“We face a new, added risk, which compounds the burden we already face and shoulder from known variants we have been grappling with since the outbreak of the pandemic,” Mnangagwa said.Zimbabwe has not recorded a case of the Omicron variant, since scientists in neighbouring SA detected and reported it last week.Curfew hours have been revised to run from 9pm to 6am;

No alcohol will be consumed at bottle stores, while night clubs and bars will admit vaccinated clients only;Covid-19 related funerals will be supervised by health ministry officials.

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Limpopo river is going to be busy.

Imagine being quarantined in Zim for 10 days leee e Bulawayo.

Seems like good timing to pocket cash from the SA based Zimbabweans holiday returnees. Keep them all in your hotels and make them pay for themselves, positive or not.

The president does not want his people back in his their country.

Lol, 10 days instead of the 14. **IF** the rest of the “red list” lifts this and tourism picks back up you will be the last place people are going to holiday to…

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