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Government is decentralising laboratory testing for coronavirus specimens with the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Bulawayo joining the National Reference Laboratory in Harare for the confirming tests, while rapid test kits will be distributed across the country.

Zimbabwean and South African immigration authorities yesterday worked round the clock to clear the final batch of travellers entering the country through Beitbridge Border Post.

Government has gazetted registration fees for accreditation of journalists by the Zimbabwe Media Commission, with locals required to pay $120 for a new applicant, $80 renewal and $50 for a card replacement.

Zimbabwe will impose a nationwide lockdown for 21 days from Monday to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, and security forces may be deployed to enforce it, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Friday.

The US$1 million worth defamation lawsuit filed by FreeZim Congress party leader, Joseph Busha against NewZimbabwe.com reporter Alois Vinga now awaits a trial date after the parties in the matter failed to reach an amicable agreement during the Pre-Trial-Conference stage.