{"id":45363,"date":"2021-08-22T18:36:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T16:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=45363"},"modified":"2021-08-22T17:14:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T15:14:39","slug":"unemployed-youths-unmoved-by-threats-of-sanctions-on-unvaccinated-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/unemployed-youths-unmoved-by-threats-of-sanctions-on-unvaccinated-people","title":{"rendered":"Unemployed Youths Unmoved By Threats Of Sanctions On Unvaccinated People"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Some unemployed youths have said they are unmoved by threats of sanctions on unvaccinated people saying they have no access to formal spaces even before the imposition of sanctions.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, government officials and some companies have been threatening sanctions on the unvaccinated.<\/p>\n

In February, during the commissioning of the Gwayi-Shangani dam pipeline, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said no one will be forced to be vaccinated adding \u201cbut there will come a time, if you are not vaccinated you will not be able to get a job.\u201d He added:<\/p>\n

If you are not vaccinated you will not be able to board a Zupco bus. Eventually, you will have to decide for yourself.<\/p>\n

In July, the government-sanctioned unvaccinated civil servants from work, denying them special COVID-19 allowances while denying them access to subsidised Zupco transport to state employees.<\/p>\n

The government has been moving towards mandatory COVID-19 vaccination as panic sets in over soaring COVID-19 cases and fatalities.<\/p>\n

However, unemployed 29-year-old Arthur Chimombe of Bulawayo is unmoved. Chimombe said:<\/p>\n

In any case, the sanctions on the unvaccinated civil servants do not affect me. I am unemployed, and have not received any support from the government; financial or otherwise.<\/p>\n

Chimombe says his decision to vaccinate or not is not going to be influenced by what seemingly looks like mandatory COVID-19 vaccination, but by his desire to save himself from infection.<\/p>\n

Bulawayo City Council (BCC) health services director, Edwin Sibanda, says the council has no ready aggregated statistics on the number of youth, employed and unemployed who have been vaccinated.<\/p>\n

Sibanda, however, indicated that \u201cthe uptake is not as good as we expected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)has sued companies, including government parastatals, that ordered workers to take the Covid-19 vaccines \u2013 or risk losing their jobs.<\/p>\n

More: The Citizen Bulletin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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