The Zimbabwe Republic Police on Monday said only people with exemption letters will be allowed to access city centres across the country with immediate effect.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi also said security service presence at checkpoints and in residential areas will be beefed up countrywide for more effective enforcement of the law.
Nyathi added that security services will routinely review their lockdown enforcement activities, which was mainly based on the conduct of the public. He said:
The security services in the country, including the police and the army, strongly warn the public of tightened lockdown regulations with immediate effect. People are becoming complacent.
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, the opening of unlicensed shops and shebeens among other offences.
House parties continue to be a problem and people are drinking from bars and they close themselves inside and drink.
… Because of these 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.
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.
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