Zimbabwe reports first cases of coronavirus variant from India

Harare, May 20 (KMS): Zimbabwe has detected the first cases of the new coronavirus variant that emerged in India, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga said, adding that all travellers from the Asian nation would be required to undergo mandatory quarantine.

Chiwenga, who also doubles as Zimbabwe’s health minister, said in a statement the cases had been detected among a group of people in the central town of Kwekwe after a student returned from India on April 29.

“People travelling from or transiting from India will be subject to mandatory quarantine at a designated quarantine centre and at their own cost,” Chiwenga said.

Travellers from India would be subjected to a Covid-19 test on arrival even if they have been tested in their country of origin.– Courtesy Dawn

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