Coronavirus: Zimbabwe puts 500 under surveillance

Elderly men wait for medicines at a pharmacy at Parirenyatwa hospital in Zimbabwe's capital Harare on September 9, 2019. Zimbabwe has put 506 people under surveillance after they recently travelled to Chinese cities that are now hard-hit by the coronavirus outbreak. PHOTO | AFP

Zimbabwe has put 506 people under surveillance after they recently travelled to Chinese cities that are now hard-hit by the coronavirus outbreak.

Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo said people returning from worst-hit areas in China had been asked to self-quarantine in their homes for two weeks and are restricted from going to public spaces such as offices or any gatherings.