Cabinet has delayed the opening of schools by two weeks following a spike in Covid-19 cases.
This was announced by the Ministry of Information spokesperson, Nick Mangwana.
“The Nation is informed that Cabinet has approved that the re-opening of schools and other learning institutions be delayed by 14 days. Govt will be monitoring the situation and and a review will be made after 2 weeks.” Mangwana said.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of health announced that, as at 22 June 2021, Zimbabwe had 42 714 confirmed cases, including 37 288 recoveries and 1 691 deaths. To date, a total of 706 158 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19.
The recovery rate has decreased to 87 percent, with the majority of Covid-19 positive cases being local transmissions.
