Civil Protection (Declaration of State of Disaster: Rural and Urban Areas of Zimbabwe) (COVID-19) Notice, 2020 (S.I. No. 76 of 2020)

1. This notice may be cited as the Civil Protection (Declaration of State of Disaster: Rural and UrbanAreas of Zimbabwe) (COVID-19) Notice, 2020. Interpretation

2. In this notice — “COVID-19” means the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCov), which is an infectious disease caused by a virus which, having emerged during 2019, was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation on the 11th March, 2020; “urban area” means any area which is — (a) a municipal area, town area or local government area; or (b) a town ward of a rural district council or an area declared to be a specified area in terms of the Rural District Councils Act [Chapter 29:13] ', or (c) a township as defined in the Land Survey Act [Chapter 20:12]', “rural area” means any area outside an urban area. Declaration of state of disaster

3. In the wake of the declaration by the World Health Organisation of COVID-19 as a global pandemic, a state of disaster exists in all rural and urban areas in Zimbabwe with effect from promulgation of this notice. Supplement to the Zimbabwean Government Gazette Extraordinary dated the 23rd March, 2020. Printed by the Government Printer, Harare. 387