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Study shows that lockdown, COVID-19 infections hit disabled disproportionally in Zimbabwe, leaving them unattended Jeffrey Moyo | 05.03.2021
HARARE, Zimbabwe
Even as landlocked southern African country Zimbabwe has begun vaccinating people against the COVID-19, there seems no hope for the disabled population to be attended to anytime soon.
According to an assessment published by the UNESCO Regional Office, the persons with disabilities were disproportionately affected by COVID-19 which also resulted in anxiety and an increase in gender-based violence.
Last month, Zimbabwe received 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine donated from China.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Mevion Chawota, 29, whose both hands and legs are not working said his community will remain at the periphery, even during the vaccination drive. He complained that nobody came to their rescue during the lockdown.