Since May this year, Bulawayo has reported almost 3000 diarrhoea cases in three major surburbs namely Luveve, Magwegwe and Mzilikazi with five more suburbs having been added to the list this last month. The attaining situation has become a major public health concern especially in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic.

Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Monica Mutsvagwa in a post Cabinet briefing yesterday announced that as a measure to enable the smooth flow of returnees from South Africa at the Beitbridge Border Post, the Embassy of Zimbabwe in South Africa has drawn up Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as the country continues to combat COVID-19 pandemic.