Matabeleland South Province Running Out Of Quarantine Space - Provincial Taskforce
Matabeleland South Province is running out of space to quarantine returnees coming back home from neighbouring countries as COVID-19 lockdowns deter many from fending for their families, The Chronicle reports.
This has prompted the province which houses both Plumtree and Beitbridge border posts to call for a speedy transfer of returnees to their respective provinces to make room for returnees from Matabeleland Province.
The development came to light when Acting Provincial Development Co-ordinator and the chairperson of the taskforce committee, Ms Sithandiwe Ncube said this to The Chronicle:
We are running out of quarantine space and if we continue to receive people from either border we will have a challenge. At the moment we are working on relocating those being quarantined in schools to other facilities to make way for opening of schools. With learning institutions now out of the picture we have a challenge.
Most of the facilities which we have identified as quarantine centres are just halls which need partitioning, ablution facilities and other works which require funds.
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As a result, there is need for returnees which we have in the province or those that we will be receiving to be transferred to their respective areas speedily.
For those from this province we have referred them to their respective districts to make way for more people that will be coming in. The truth is that as a province we are overwhelmed by returning residents as our structures are not ideal.
Ms Ncube also said she is engaging the national command centre to ensure that transfers are made promptly as they have to make room for people who hail from the province.
More: The Chronicle
