Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri battling Covid-19
Zimbabwe’s Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri is battling Covid-19, according to local publication Zim Morning Post.
Covid-19 infections have been on the rise necessitating the government to move the nation into level 4 lockdown to reduce the impact of the second wave wrecking havoc in Zimbabwe.
According to Zim Morning Post, Manicaland Provincial Affairs Minister Ellen Gwaradzimba was airlifted to Harare while Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri is reportedly battling Covid-19 in the capital.
Another high profile person to have contracted coronavirus is former Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Retired Major-General Paradzai Zimondi.
Muchinguri famously called coronavirus a punishment from God targeting Western Countries for imposing sanctions on Zimbabwe.
“This coronavirus that has come to other countries. These are sanctions that have been imposed by God on them. Now they are staying indoors. Their economy is bleeding. Trump should know that he is not God. The squeeze us so that we can go where? They should also be squeezed so they can feel the pain we feel,” Muchinguri said early last year.
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Muchinguri was indirectly rebuked by President Mnangagwa:
President Mnangagwa said, “My Govt empathises with all the affected people around the globe….Pandemics of this kind have a scientific explanation and like any other natural phenomena cannot be blamed on anyone. We send our condolences and solidarity to all who are suffering…”
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