Farai Dziva|Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa has hinted at tightening the lockdown claiming that WHO has advised the country to do so.

Is the move meant to control the spread of Coronavirus or it is a gimmick calculated to block the July 31 protests?

See part of an article that was published by The Herald below :

AMID an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases including deaths, President Mnangagwa yesterday hinted that the Government could scale up preventive and containment measures.

Addressing the Zanu PF Ordinary Session of the Politburo meeting at the revolutionary party headquarters in Harare, President Mnangagwa, who is the party’s First Secretary, said the rapid spike in infections required another review of the Covid-19 lockdown measures currently at level 2.

“Although there is a visible spike in the number of positive cases, largely due to returnees, we shall continue to strengthen our preventive measures as well as our testing, and contact tracing capacity.

“I urge the party to continue to be in the forefront of raising the awareness levels in our communities of the dangers of this pandemic.

The recent rapid spike of infections requires that we make another review of the Covid-19 lockdown measures,’’ he said.

His comments come at a time when experts, including the World Health Organisation (WHO) have called upon the country to tighten the Covid-19 containment measures in the wake of complacency among the public.