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Zimbabwe Republic Police is to enforce regulations were only people with exemption letters will be allowed to access city centres across the country with immediate effect.
Security forces and presence are to be increased at checkpoints to ensure effective enforcement of the regulations.
The regulations are measures to contain the increase in number of Covid19 cases with the number of Covid19 deaths in the country now surpassing one thousand.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said on Monday ,” Because of increased violations of the Covid-19 regulations, we, therefore, notify the public that only those with exemption letters will be allowed into the central business district with immediate effect.”
“Those in residential areas must only move when they have business to attend to and go back home.”
He added that , “We have noted the increasing cases of Covid-19 and fatalities, and the increasing number of people escaping from quarantine centres.”
“We, therefore, shall enforce tightened lockdown measures for the safety of the public.”
Nyati said that Police have also been arresting those violating lockdown regulations.
“Just yesterday we arrested 1 478 people for violating Covid-19 lockdown regulations and most of these arrests include people who are walking aimlessly, failure to wear a mask in public.”
However , tightening of lockdown measures and restrictions into the city is being said to be governments move to stop the 31 July demonstration.
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