By Jurgen Namupira in Johannesburg,
Regardless of magnitude, every good act deserves recognition. With the virus promising to stay around the block longer, Zimbabwean government deserves a cheer.
In what was a surprise to many, one prominent politician from South Africa commended Zimbabwe for her efforts. While South Africa is moving at a tortoise purse, Mr. Julius Malema made a statement during his presser on Thursday 10 June, 2021. Malema openly admitted, “I’m thinking of getting vaccinated in Zimbabwe.” He continued to stress that at South Africa’s rollout pace, the general population will be vaccinated in the grave.
Zimbabwe on the other hand has been on its toes vaccinating. Thousands of people have since taken their first jab and waiting for the second. This action has attracted one of Africa’s most controversial politician’s attention.
Government of Zimbabwe has since opened doors for foreign nationals to get their doses of vaccine at a fee within the borders if the country. This process has been dubbed Zimbabwe Vaccine Tourism.
As according to records by WHO, Zimbabwe has administered at least 1,083,983 vaccine doses. Currently, Zimbabwe is rolling out three vaccines namely Sinopharm, Sinovac, which was recently approved for emergency use, Covaxin and Sputnik from Russia.
Julius Malema, leader of South Africa’s EFF, lauds Zimbabwe’s vaccination program and says he is considering travelling to Zimbabwe to get vaccinated.
A total 111 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the past 24 hours in Zimbabwe.
According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) Situation Report (Sitrep) of June 9, 2021, there has been an increase in cases over the last seven days with the highest peak of 111 cases reported today.
“111New Cases(All Local )and 5Deaths reported in the last 24 hrs. (7 day rolling average for new cases rises to 57 today from 46 yesterday).”
