The President of Zimbabwe His Excellency Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended lockdown by further two weeks.
The President also reopened bars for fully vaccinated patrons.
Bar owners threatened with withdrawal of licences if they allowed unvaccinated customers.
Vaccination cards are the new passport into bars after ministers ordered beerhalls re-opened.
Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa told journalists following a Cabinet meeting in Harare that the country has seen a sharp decline in infections, with the recovery rate now at 94 percent.
“All licenced bars can now open to fully vaccinated clients. Bar owners are required to ensure that Covid-19 protocols and guidelines are enforced, failure of which licences will be withdrawn,” Mutsvangwa said.
She said the arrival last week of 943,200 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine procured under the United Nations’ COVAX facility had pushed the number of doses received to date to 13,243,200.
