By A Correspondent- The Chinese Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun has dismissed Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri’s statement alleging that the virus is God’s punishment on Western countries that imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe.

Speaking at the press conference held in Harare yesterday Shaochun said the virus was a pandemic that had struck the world which needed unity of everyone globally.

“I do not agree with the notion that this is God’s  punishment rather it a natural disaster that could hit anywhere henceforth there is need for us to unite and strategize enough vetting systems at all border post,” he said.

He further testified that there is no Zimbabwean residing in China that has been affected by the virus yet.

Speaking at the same press conference minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Kazembe Kazembe said there is no need to panick because there is no danger for Zimbabwe as far as the virus is concerned.

…Her comments also come after Chinese banks blacklisted Zimbabwe not because of any sanctions, but bad credit history…

Muchinguri on Saturday slammed an inference against China and other nations over the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19.

It is a known fact that COVID-19 began in China and Zimbabwe’s ally’s economy has been worst hit.

Speaking in Chinhoyi, Muchinguri said coronavirus is punishment for sanctions put against members of her party, ZANU PF. Even though in her message she at the first mentioned US President Donald Trump, she also broadened the inference to other nations.

Her comments also came after Chinese banks blacklisted Zimbabwe not because of any sanctions, but bad credit history.

She said, “these are sanctions brought by nations that impose sanctions on us.

“God is punishing them, they’re now trapped inside their houses.

“Nowhere to go.

“Their economies are now screaming, the same way they are making ours suffer.

Said Muchinguri in full: This Coronavirus which has come is a result of sanctions.

These are sanctions brought by nations that impose sanctions on us.

God is punishing them,

They’re now trapped inside their houses.

Nowhere to go.

Their economies are now screaming, the same way they are making ours suffer.

Trump must know he is not God.

You are squeazing us expecting us to go where?

May you be squeazed as well by Coronavirus, until you understand the pain of how it feels!