Type of Intervention: Regulation
Sectors Involved: National
Intervention Categories: Significant events; First cases or deaths; Planning and strategy; Creation of or release of plans
Level of Jurisdiction: National
Lead People/Agency: This regulatory framework was led by the Ministry of Health and Child Care; Ministerial Taskforce led by the Office of the President and Cabinet
Overview: The World Health Organisation declared Covid -19 a global health emergency, Zimbabwe has since officially reported at least nine cases and one fatality.
The Zimbabwean government then responded by putting in place a raft of measures to deal with the pandemic. One of the intervention is the SI 2020-077 Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) Regulations, 2020.
Full details here: http://www.veritaszim.net/node/4037
Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group, Perception of an increased threat to the country, Considered a necessary escalation of current measures
Source of Evidence or Justification: National – other, Ministry of Health and Child Care
Evidence/Justification: The statutory instrument came as a result of the declaration of COVID-19 as formidable epidemic disease by the WHO and several mortality cases which were being witnessed in other countries. Experiences from countries is one of the reasons for the introduction of the statutory instrument.