Zimbabweans who have returned from the United Kingdom (UK) have refused to be housed at Belvedere Teachers college but are demanding to stay in hotels, the Zimbabwe government has said. All people that are returning from other countries are subjected to a 14 days quarantine as per World Health Organisation regulations.
“We received 65 Zimbabweans from the UK. Available place of quarantine is Belvedere Teachers College. They are refusing this accommodation demanding hotels. Govt can’t afford. Why come from a covid19 hotspot during a lockdown & demand posh facilities at stretched public cost?” The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Nick Mangwana said.
UK returnees have argued the living conditions at Belvedere teachers college are inhuman and they are not able to stay there. Some reports indicate they are asking for running water and and proper beds to sleep. The are reported to be willing to sleep outside than in the rooms. It is also reported that the government have promised to move them to the University of Zimbabwe tomorrow.
Belvedere Teachers College rooms 
Belvedere Teachers College rooms 
UK returnees stand outside 
Poor living conditions in quarantine sites
Some reports by a Twitter user Brezh Malaba who claim to be in contact with the travelers wrote: “UPDATE: The Ethiopian Airlines passengers are still refusing to be quarantined at Belvedere College where there’s no running water. Top govt officials are telling them to sleep there & be transferred to the University of Zimbabwe tomorrow. These folks are vowing to sleep outside.”
“UPDATE: The Ethiopian Airlines passengers have been served a meal comprising beef,cabbage & isitshwala (sadza). Harare City council has reconnected the water supply. They’ve agreed to sleep at Belvedere College tonight & the authorities promised to transfer them to the University of Zimbabwe.”
It is not only Zimbabweans that are complaining about the quarantine conditions. Kenyans have also likened their quarantine sites likes prisons.
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