Covid-19 Fully Exposes Zimbabwe’s Comatose Economy

Covid-19 Fully Exposes Zimbabwe’s Comatose Economy

The Covid-19 pandemic has left Zimbabwe in an extremely difficult catch-22 situation. Given the nation’s parlous health system, conventional wisdom would suggest that the country should go into a total lockdown in a bid to contain the spread of the virus. However, such a decision is not easy to impl...

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Main Author: Tapiwa Chagonda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Johannesburg 2020-06-01
Series:The Thinker
Subjects:
covid-19
zimbabwe
zimbabwe economy
zimbabwe health system
lockdown
Online Access:https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/The_Thinker/article/view/288/215
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zimbabwe
zimbabwe economy
zimbabwe health system
lockdown
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title_short Covid-19 Fully Exposes Zimbabwe’s Comatose Economy
title_full Covid-19 Fully Exposes Zimbabwe’s Comatose Economy
title_fullStr Covid-19 Fully Exposes Zimbabwe’s Comatose Economy
title_full_unstemmed Covid-19 Fully Exposes Zimbabwe’s Comatose Economy
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publishDate 2020-06-01
description The Covid-19 pandemic has left Zimbabwe in an extremely difficult catch-22 situation. Given the nation’s parlous health system, conventional wisdom would suggest that the country should go into a total lockdown in a bid to contain the spread of the virus. However, such a decision is not easy to implement in the Zimbabwean context. Why is this the case?
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zimbabwe
zimbabwe economy
zimbabwe health system
lockdown
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