Government has granted access to crossing land borders to fully vaccinated travellers following restrictions that prohibited non-essential travel two years ago.
The Cabinet approved the reopening of land borders to travellers provided they are fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, Kazembe Kazembe on Friday issued a statement citing that land borders will open on the strength of a General Notice 421 of 2022.
“The Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage hereby notifies every police officer, customs officer and immigration officer that the entry and exit of persons into or pout of Zimbabwe at all ports of entry and exists permitted subject to the provisions of statutory Instrument 18 of 2022, on Public Health (Covid-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (Amendment order, 2022 (No 40),” statement read.
The Acting Immigration Officer in charge of Beitbridge, Mr Trustworthy Manatsire said they have stationed manpower that monitors the new regulations.
“We are ready, we have deployed enough manpower which is already vaccinated against Covid-19 to handle an increase in human and vehicular traffic in line with the new regulations.
“We have also informed our counterparts in South Africa on the latest developments and they have started adjusting their operations,” Mr Manatsire said.